Against the backdrop of our esteemed president claiming the private sector is doing fine; then kind of walking it back; then kind of claiming it again, I encountered this strained piece explaining that really, the current administration is pretty pro-business. It breathlessly explains that corporate income tax as a percentage of GDP is down under Obama, so see there? Obama loves business!
(I’m sure that in the interest of accuracy and balance, the follow-up on Obama’s impenetrable maze of new regulations, and their chilling and ongoing effect on new investment, is forthcoming.)
Folks, when things really are fine, you don’t have to torture the narratives. They write themselves. You don’t need sycophantic lap dogs to write columns that say “see, when you look at it over here—no, no, no, right here—this one spot—and kind of squint, it’s fine! See?” I read these things, and the darkly comic image in my head is is an Obamanaut saying to himself “well, my net worth is down well over a third, and my salary hasn’t even come close to keeping up with inflation. But everything must be great, because corporate income tax as a percentage of GDP is down! Four more years! FOUR MORE YEARS!”
Oh, and Mr. Romney? Jonah Goldberg is onto something here. When your opponent is destroying himself, just get out of the way.
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