From Paul Krugman’s column today:
Yes, America has long-run budget problems, but what we do on stimulus over the next couple of years has almost no bearing on our ability to deal with these long-run problems.
Following Krugman’s logic, the best way to stop smoking would be to just keep smoking now, because quitting now would have bad consequences, and figure out in a few years how you are going to quit smoking.
Sign me up!
