The New York Times has a transcript analyzer of Tuesday’s Republican Presidential debate. The Fred Thompson had the most speaking time: 15 minutes 57 seconds. Ron Paul spoke the least: 5 minutes and 43 seconds. Paul referenced the word “money” 10 times, more than anyone else. I guess Paul’s “sound money” theory isn’t good for ratings.
Hat tip to the Technology Liberation Front
From the Krug Man’s latest:
People claim to be shocked by the Bush administration’s general incompetence. But disinterest in good government has long been a principle of modern conservatism. In “The Conscience of a Conservative,” published in 1960, Barry Goldwater wrote that “I have little interest in streamlining government or making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size.”
Good government? You mean larger government, right? I would submit that Goldwater aligned himself with Thomas Jefferson in suggesting that the best government is one that governs least. If Krugman means larger government when he says “good government,” then President Bush is hardly aligned with Barry Goldwater.
A commission in Massachusetts is looking at charging drivers … by the mile:
Under the commission’s plan, a 5-cents-per-mile fee on major roads would replace, or minimize, gas taxes and fundamentally change a central aspect of everyday life.
“The idea that this is completely free is a fiction. It isn’t,” said James Aloisi Jr., a lawyer who served on the commission and a transportation official under former governor Michael Dukakis. “Someone’s got to pay for it. We think the user should pay for it.”
Drivers paying for the space they eat up on the road, minimizing delays to every other driver? Perish the thought.
Really? Has this been a longstanding position of his? Where have I been?
