Krugman Hits It Out Of The Park (Yet Again)

Click here for an article at Salon by entitled "Paul Krugman condemns 'compassionless conservatism': Politicians don’t know how Americans actually live."

Sample quote: 

I am not, or not only, talking about right-wing contempt for the poor, although the dominance of compassionless conservatism is a sight to behold. According to the Pew Research Center, more than three-quarters of conservatives believe that the poor “have it easy” thanks to government benefits; only 1 in 7 believe that the poor “have hard lives.” And this attitude translates into policy. What we learn from the refusal of Republican-controlled states to expand Medicaid, even though the federal government would foot the bill, is that punishing the poor has become a goal in itself, one worth pursuing even if it hurts rather than helps state budgets.

Go to it for the link to the Krugman article in the NYT.