2012-02-22 / Commentary

The welfare rhetoric paradox

Paul Krugman
First Atlas shrugged. Then he scratched his head in befuddlement. Modern Republicans are very, very conservative; you might even (if you were Mitt Romney) say, severely conservative. Political scientists who use congressional votes to measure such things find that the current GOP majority is the most conservative since 1879, which is as far back as their estimates go.
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