Mitt Romney, Weaponized Keynesian

[Kevin_Kennedy]

OK, I missed this. From Romney’s acceptance speech, attacking Obama:

His trillion dollar cuts to our military will eliminate hundreds of thousands of jobs, and also put our security at greater risk;

His $716 billion cut to Medicare to finance Obamacare will both hurt today’s seniors, and depress innovation – and jobs – in medicine.

And his trillion-dollar deficits will slow our economy, restrain employment, and cause wages to stall.

OK, so deficit spending hurts the economy — unless it’s spending on the military (or on the medical-industrial complex), in which case cutting spending destroys jobs.

Mitt Romney, Weaponized Keynesian - NYTimes.com

Well, Paul Krugman should certainly know a Keynesian when he sees one. And don't forget the gem where Romney says we can't cut $1 trillion in government spending because that would hurt the economy, which I think just makes him a regular Keynesian.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8g8YcCe_io]Mitt Romney says cutting spending will hurt economy and destroy jobs - YouTube[/ame]