No Debt Denialism, Mitch Daniels, Just a Focus On Markets
Mitch Daniels addresses the issue of national debt in his Washington Post op-ed. He critiques the tendency of various political groups to ignore difficult realities regarding government debt. Daniels positions himself as a rational voice amidst differing ideological perspectives.
- ▪Mitch Daniels wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post discussing national debt.
- ▪He criticizes the wishful thinking of various political groups regarding government debt.
- ▪Daniels sees himself as a sober voice among libertarians, conservatives, and Keynesians.
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Mitch Daniels looks in the mirror through words written on a page. See his latest Washington Post op-ed, and his comment that “No impulse is more human than wishfulness, the tendency to grasp at any straw that enables us to avert our eyes from difficult realities and put off facing them.” Daniels is referencing the national debt, but really he’s talking about himself. Daniels sees himself as the sober man in a small room filled by the libertarians at Cato, the conservatives at AEI, and a few left-leaning Keynesians at Brookings, all who revel in what they deem a righteous, surely moral stance against rising government debt. Read Full Article »
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