WE ARE REACHING THE POINT WHERE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TEABAGGERS AND PROGRESSIVES COULD BE THE KEY TO NATIONAL SURVIVAL...
CONSIDER:
PROGRESSIVES TEND TO BE MORE EDUCATED....AND MORE INFORMED ABOUT ECONOMICS... AND THE TEABAGGERS LESS SO...
PROGRESSIVES ARE MORE "WE" ORIENTED AND TEABAGGERS ARE MORE "ME" ORIENTED...
THIS IS ALL FINE... BUT CONSIDER ALSO:
ARE PROGRESSIVES MORE MACRO THINKERS AND TEABAGGERS MORE MICRO THINKERS...?
PROGRESSIVES LOOK AT THE ECONOMY IN LARGE MACRO TERMS...THE VALUE OF THE DOLLAR, FREE TRADE, AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH...
TEABAGGERS DON'T SEE THINGS THAT WAY...THEY TEND TO THINK THAT MICRO FACTORS ARE MORE TO BLAME... ITS NOT DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH OR FREE TRADE...IT'S THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE LAZY AND DON'T WANT TO WORK...
OF COURSE TEABAGGERS LACK THE MACRO ECONOMIC SKILLS TO DISCUSS THE DOLLAR INTELLIGENTLY...
AND THEY WOULD LIKELY BLAME "LIBERALS" WHO ARE "FOR THE POOR"...ETC ETC...GOT ANY PROBLEMS.
SO...A PROGRESSIVE LOOKING AT $4 GAS SAYS...ITS THE WEAK DOLLAR...
THE TEABAGGERS SAYS... "I BETTER WORK A DOUBLE AT THE 7-11 TO AFFORD $4 GAS..." EVERYONE ELSE IS JUST LAZY...
BOTH ARE RIGHT....THEY JUST LOOK AT IT FROM DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW...
ONE IS MACRO...THE OTHER MICRO...
