I’m not an expert on economics, but I do know one thing. I’ll never let another conservative tell me that a national healthcare system is too expensive, and tantamount to socialism.

Posted by Charles de Granville on 24 September 2008 @ 1am

No doubt, though to be fair, a lot of actual conservatives are railing against this. I’m no expert either, so maybe it actually is necessary, but the more Paulson and Bush talk, the less comfortable I feel. It also doesn’t help that Paulson was CEO at Goldman Sachs before becoming Treasury Secretary, though I suppose it’s unavoidable to have someone from the world of finance in that role.

Posted by Jason on 24 September 2008 @ 8am

True, but I have a hard time believing that those hardcore conservatives would do something different if they were the President.

Posted by Charles de Granville on 24 September 2008 @ 7pm

You know… if we were in China and these people were running the country they would already be on the execution block by now. Stupid officials are punishable by death.

Posted by Chinkerfly on 24 September 2008 @ 8pm

@Charles, let’s hope we never find out

@Thalia, here they are punishable by having infrastructure named after them.

Posted by Jason on 24 September 2008 @ 9pm