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Recent quote I saw based on the life of the investigator who set up the Pinkerton Detective Agency in 1850: > If you tell a farmer you’re collecting signatures
by ZeroGravitas 2y ago
Recent quote I saw based on the life of the investigator who set up the Pinkerton Detective Agency in 1850:
> If you tell a farmer you’re collecting signatures to cap the salaries of government employees, and you’re a smooth-talking confidence man, the farmer will sign almost anything, even the deed to his own land. This kind of swindle is called “the boodle game”.
which feels closer to what DOGE is doing than any real reform.
- robertlagrant 2y agoIn what way?
- whoitwas 2y agoThey told them they'll cut spending. They intend to eliminate social security and medicare that most of those who voted for him depend on. Additionally, they want to remove regulation and regulatory bodies that protect consumers from corporations.
- lazyeye 2y agoAnd with what evidence?
- ZeroGravitas 2y agoEvery public pronouncement they've made about it. The Krugman piece linked elsewhere in these comments examines a few in more detail if you don't find them instantly indicative of non-seriousness without further context (but you should).
- lazyeye 2y agoVague generalizations mean nothing. Also here's another prediction from the esteemable Krugman:- "The growth of the Internet will slow drastically, as the flaw in ‘Metcalfe’s law’—which states that the number of potential connections in a network is proportional to the square of the number of participants—becomes apparent: most people have nothing to say to each other! By 2005 or so, it will become clear that the Internet’s impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machine’s.”