Krugman: Scientists Should Falsely Predict Alien Invasion So Government Will Spend More Money
Last year New York Times columnist and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman called for space aliens to invade earth so that the government would spend money to mount a defense thereby stimulating the economy.
As aliens have yet to comply with Krugman's wishes, he advocated on HBO's Real Time Friday that scientists should get together and lie about an imminent attack to boost federal spending (video follows with transcript and commentary):
PAUL KRUGMAN, NEW YORK TIMES: This is hard to get people to do, much better, obviously, to build bridges and roads and healthcare clinics and schools. But my proposed, I actually have a serious proposal which is that we have to get a bunch of scientists to tell us that we're facing a threatened alien invasion, and in order to be prepared for that alien invasion we have to do things like build high-speed rail. And the, once we've recovered, we can say, “Look, there were no aliens.”
But look, I mean, whatever it takes because right now we need somebody to spend, and that somebody has to be the U.S. government.
High-speed rail to defend ourselves against space invaders?
As absurd as this seems, folks should realize that to a certain extent, scientists are already doing this.
Consider those in the scientific community on Al Gore's side of the anthropogenic global warming debate.
They have indeed fabricated a doomsday scenario related to carbon dioxide emissions with the expressed intent of getting governments around the world to spend what could end up being trillions of dollars fending off a phantom just as fictitious as Krugman's aliens.
As the Nobel laureate said, "Whatever it takes." This is the Machiavellian way zealots view their causes.
And this man not only has a column in the New York Times from which to publicize such nonsense, people actually give him awards for it.
When you think about it, that's scarier than an actual alien invasion - unless it's already happened!
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Or, Krugman could argue to
Submitted by redfish on Sat, 05/26/2012 - 4:19pm.
Or, Krugman could argue to spend money on a border fence to help fight terrestrial aliens here illegally. nah....
Good one.
Submitted by NeoKong on Sat, 05/26/2012 - 8:58pm.
n/t
We can't do that Obama needs
Submitted by goon on Mon, 05/28/2012 - 3:38pm.
We can't do that Obama needs voters.
How is this different from the
Submitted by bkeyser on Sat, 05/26/2012 - 4:20pm.
AGW roll out? And, who is it that doesn't take "science" seriously again?
Sometimes it takes a blowhard
Submitted by Kenny Bunkport on Sun, 05/27/2012 - 11:41pm.
Sometimes it takes a blowhard to let the cat out of the bag. It doesn't take a genius to see that Krugman is extolling a strategy that works so well for AWG and is basically saying drop the "research" pretense. Let's just cut to the chase and have the scientists come to a consensus backing the claim that evil aliens are out to attack us. Once we have a consensus, we can start sucking the money well dry. It'll save years not having to cherry-pick data, create computer simulations, and fudge the eigenvalues.
I'm sure Krugman thinks he's come up with something novel, while us "deniers" know this tactic is already in full operation (just no aliens yet).
This is either sheer insanity
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 05/26/2012 - 4:22pm.
This is either sheer insanity or sheer idiocy, but consider the source. And it's not a stretch of the imagination to at least consider the idea that we have an alien in the White House.
I'm an economist and I can
Submitted by rbosque on Sat, 05/26/2012 - 4:26pm.
I'm an economist and I can ell you no economist in his/her right mind accepts the broken window fallacy. And this guy won a Nobel peace prize? In what, stupidity?
They gave
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Mon, 05/28/2012 - 7:00am.
Duh Bumbler a Nobel prize... I think it was for leaving the seat down in the can.
I have always wondering the
Submitted by goon on Mon, 05/28/2012 - 3:39pm.
I have always wondering the same thing, what the heck did this buffoon do to earn a Nobel peace prize? I mean seriously, they can't be that hard to get if this clown got one.
At least he knows
Submitted by KC Mulville on Sat, 05/26/2012 - 4:33pm.
At least Krugman knows that only a massive deception is required before people agree with him.
Sadly
Submitted by Ars21689 on Sat, 05/26/2012 - 4:42pm.
This isn't the first time he's said something along these lines. I believe the last time he said something along the lines of "an alien invasion would save the economy because it would force the government to spend money". Pay attention folks, this is how you win a nobel prize.
one big problem
Submitted by MidAmerica on Sat, 05/26/2012 - 4:53pm.
We have no money to spend.
But But But Mr. Sheppard....
Submitted by The Vet on Sat, 05/26/2012 - 5:14pm.
Scientists already falsely predict aliens will land. Mr. Krugman needs to get with them is all. They need a spokesman.
➚ Krugman, you idiot
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sat, 05/26/2012 - 5:22pm.
Aliens ARE landing in America daily.
You really are stupid, aren't you?
instead of more failed Leftist fantasy
Submitted by MidAmerica on Sat, 05/26/2012 - 5:26pm.
How about instead of spending gazillions we don't have, we drop the tax rates eliminate thousands of pages of business regulations and then just wait as businesses and jobs start appearing all on their own.
Economics 101
Submitted by Benson on Sat, 05/26/2012 - 5:27pm.
Hey 4... I too majored in economics and agree with your assertion. Krugman's prize means nothing as his writings and theories have been nonsense the past ten years. I GUARANTEE if he went thru the same college program I did on macroeconomics now with the same nonsense he currently preaches my professors would fail him. He is truly Keynes Unhinged. Heck Keynes would slap him for making his theories ridiculous.
Are you sure
Submitted by oldfart on Sun, 05/27/2012 - 5:38am.
they would fail him or give him an award for following spewing the 'agenda'?
I would really like to know when some of our educated idiots realize that Keynesian economics is not sustainable.
Krugman only comes out of his hole for other Leftists
Submitted by ChrisNH on Sat, 05/26/2012 - 5:41pm.
Like Algore, Paul Krugman is careful not to be put in a situation where he's forced to attempt a defense of his lunatic Keynesian theories. Algore is careful not to be in the same situation regarding global warming. They stick with their own kind; 'Leftists backslapping Leftists,' if you will.
If Gore's Global warming chants and Krugman's Keynesian rantings were unassailable truths, they'd happily challenge all of their skeptics. But because they are careful to avoid the skeptics, we can irrefutably declare their 'theories' null and void.
We've got a secret weapon!
Submitted by CO2Maker on Sat, 05/26/2012 - 5:56pm.
The atmosphere is warming to unprecedented levels (so I've been told), so when the aliens—uh, undocumented entities—land, they'll burn up in a few short years! Ta-da.
How wrong you are. The aliens
Submitted by MrSnuggles on Sun, 05/27/2012 - 12:19pm.
How wrong you are. The aliens are heating up our atmosphere via the spaceship they have parked next to the sun. Then, when the temps are just right they will invade and colonize!
So......
Submitted by djwolf12 on Sat, 05/26/2012 - 6:03pm.
I guess that Paul Krugman "DESPERATELY WANTS" Obama to be that reckless spender that he was "PROVEN" to not be after that rediculous meme put out by David Axelfraud and his douchey press.
My plea to Alex Trebec: Put Paul Krugman on Jeopardy, PLEASE!!!!!!!
What if Jesus Returned?
Submitted by kareling on Sat, 05/26/2012 - 6:23pm.
How interesting that a secular leftist like Krugman would never make the argument that Jesus could come back at anytime, so wouldn't we like to spiff up the place for Him with sparkling new roads and bridges and light rail?
➚ Heck no!
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sat, 05/26/2012 - 6:37pm.
Jesus and his Saints are exactly the aliens Krugman and Obama have been warring against for 4 years.
Nice
Submitted by Tjexcite on Sat, 05/26/2012 - 6:47pm.
World War 2 solved the Great depression and everything FDR did to help actual harmed it more.
Now we can rev up the Militarily industrial complex to stimulate the economy. Build 82 aircraft carries, 239 battleships and 132 submarines. And then leave them parked in Seattle or the Mississippi river. Just building them is good enough. Or pay someone to dig a hole and then someone else to fill it. Two paychecks that then stimulate the retail and service industry will now save the world.
the little weasel is on to something...
Submitted by SaseboSailor on Sat, 05/26/2012 - 7:44pm.
The little weasel is on to something...
Many in the "scientific community" have already sold their scientific souls to the Globull Warming movement...
That has about as much credibility as an alien invasion...besides, the more I look at Krugman, the more I think he knows whereof he speaks...
Now we know who president pot head is sharing his stash with
Submitted by Dave. on Sat, 05/26/2012 - 8:22pm.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
TheyDid
Submitted by Lamdog on Sat, 05/26/2012 - 8:57pm.
It called global warming, I'm sorry that was the first invasion: Climate change.
Too Late, already happened!!!
Submitted by dyardley on Sat, 05/26/2012 - 9:53pm.
They're called 'progressives' and they are from the land of 'Rediculousness.'
not even original
Submitted by Dr. Ron on Sat, 05/26/2012 - 10:30pm.
Krugman's idea...did I say idea?...his wet deam comes from a seminal (no pun intended)...so, better make it Golden Age Sci Fi story, scaled down. In this Sci Fi story, the fake alien menace was created to get all the world to cooperate/unite in fighting them by pooling resources and developing new weaponry.
Say, sounds like a way to get rid of our president...
Report From Iron Mountain
Submitted by lrgon on Sun, 05/27/2012 - 5:08am.
The professor took a page from Report From Iron Mountain to come up with his latest spoof.
The book Report From Iron Mountain actually had a number of scary scenarios in which an invasion from deep space was one of those hoaxes to be played on the people.The purpose of the RFIM two year study was to get the brightest and best of various professions to get together at a secret location, protected by the government, to allow these egg heads time to come up with a believable lie to fool the American public and the world at large into going along with the government's plans for a post nuclear world. The time they took was two years according to economist John Kenneth Galbraith, JFK's favorite economist, who claims that he helped with the project. http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/102688.html
The flying saucers bit was dropped for a more reliable way to control populations - WAR.
Other scary scenarios discussed at Iron Mountain were inventing environmental catastrophies and world wide epidemics. All of these invented crisis were designed to control people.
War, said the participants of the two-year study, was the most effectual means of controlling the population. In a war environment people are willing to give up pretty much all their rights to fight the war.
Some claim the Report From Iron Mountain is a hoax. But if so then the hoaxers spilled the beans long before the "environmental movement" invented "global warming," deforestation, ozone depletion, and other scientifically disproven theories. Who doesn't now realize that Cap & Trade came right out of the enviornmental bag of hoaxes? And what conservative that hasn't tuned into Limbaugh has not heard him tell that the scam called "global warming" is designed to increase government's regulation over our lives?
Population control via mandatory abortion and sterialization is full steam ahead in China. The propagandists seek to do likewise in America.
But war was their choice of control.
How handy that the boggy man called Al Kada seems to be everywhere and more controls over out liberties are necessary to fight the "world-wide war on terrorism."
Krugman is a joke of an "economist" and he knows it.
I like Krugman better when
Submitted by ant on Sun, 05/27/2012 - 7:30am.
I like Krugman better when he's doing commercials for Travelocity.
I admire Krugman
Submitted by acumen on Sun, 05/27/2012 - 12:42pm.
I admire Krugman for one reason.
He chose one hell of an agent to be able to still get any airtime at all.
My favorite Krugman moment
Bwahahahahaha!
Submitted by Rukus on Mon, 05/28/2012 - 6:44am.
Perfect! : )
Wag the Dog
Submitted by Netstatter on Sun, 05/27/2012 - 12:53pm.
Yes! In order to keep the people following the Democrats, people like Krugman want to gin up crisis after crisis. Never mind about the real issues facing this country, like illegal immigration; the massive debt; our threatened Social Security, Medicare, and health care system; degeneration of the social fabric; dangers from other countries (think Iran); and so on - no, people like Krugman want us to continue to dream up things like global warming and alien invasions.
The roof is falling in and they want us to blow our money on fantasies. Incredible.
We assume he means money to
Submitted by ant on Sun, 05/27/2012 - 12:55pm.
We assume he means money to repel the alien invasion. What he really means is child-tax credit, free healthcare, free education, welfare, food stamps, a 'get out of jail free' card, and automatic citizenship. Just wait until they start 'marching out of the shadows', proclaiming that the US was once part of Mars but was stolen from them.
Just wait until they join up
Submitted by celator on Sun, 05/27/2012 - 12:59pm.
Just wait until they join up with the OWS crowd and start shooting their photon guns all over the place. That's gonna get messy. ;+}
Why not they do it all the
Submitted by yportbill on Sun, 05/27/2012 - 2:11pm.
Why not they do it all the time on climate changes!
Krugman would support the Government lying
Submitted by OhioHistorian on Sun, 05/27/2012 - 4:03pm.
"...it's becoming increasingly clear that Mr. Bush knew that the case he was presenting for war (in Iraq)- a case that depended crucially on visions of mushroom clouds - rested on suspect evidence.."
"The reality, of course, is that we already have a centrist president — actually a moderate conservative president."
"Once again, health reform — his only major change to government — was modeled on Republican plans, indeed plans coming from the Heritage Foundation."
"And everything else — including the wrongheaded emphasis on austerity in the face of high unemployment — is according to the conservative playbook."
"http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/2012/05/23/there-he-goes-again-paul-krugman-invents-solyndra-facts/"
– Paul Krugman
This guy is a two-faced little ferret who is like a 10-year-old that wants his way, and consistently lies about it. As the above list recounts. He lies about how the Government is not bankrupt, he lies about how as huge stimulus will get the economy working, etc.
Somebody needs to take him and his liberal friends to the woodshed for his repeated lying. He needs to learn that not telling the truth has consequences and needs to learn it at the butt end if he can't learn it at the other.
Thomas Alva Edison
Drifting into the Night
Submitted by Longdrycreek on Sun, 05/27/2012 - 6:26pm.
Paul K. has always been touched, not with genius [in spite of a Nobel Prize for Economics], but his comments make him appear as a buffoon. The Greeks recognized "Whom the gods destroy, they first must make mad." Krugman is racing to madness.
It shouldn't surprise me, but
Submitted by Model850 on Sun, 05/27/2012 - 6:29pm.
Given who said it I shouldn't be surprised, but what I think is really sad about this is him prefacing this lunacy with "I actually have a serious proposal...."
Yes!
Submitted by panzerakc on Mon, 05/28/2012 - 2:34am.
"I actually have a serious proposal . . . ."
that we tell people that pretend aliens are having an imaginary invasion.
Wonder if he ever listens to what comes out of his mouth?
Paul, I would hazard a guess that if any aliens worth their salt (or whatever aliens are worth) encounter the drivel that you continually spout, they'd steer WAAAAY clear of planet earth.
Grip
Submitted by NotFondOfLibs on Mon, 05/28/2012 - 12:00am.
Everytime I read or hear something from Krugman, I become more convinced he has lost his grip.
Great job here. I really
Submitted by daisygrace on Sat, 06/02/2012 - 3:47am.
Great job here. I really enjoyed what you had to say. Keep going because you definitely bring a new voice to this subject. Not many people would say what youve said and still make it interesting. Well, at least Im interested. Cant wait to see extra of this from you.
Potted meat
Submitted by Rukus on Sat, 06/02/2012 - 6:04pm.
SPAM!