Southpaw Quant
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Not surprising. Hassett has been a conservative “policy salesman” tool for years now.
August 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Not surprising. Hassett has been a conservative “policy salesman” tool for years now.
He’s completely ill equipped intellectually to handle this no matter when he hears about it
June 22, 2025 at 7:00 AM
He’s completely ill equipped intellectually to handle this no matter when he hears about it
This is all giving serious 2003 vibes
June 22, 2025 at 6:58 AM
This is all giving serious 2003 vibes
Hassett quit being an actual economist years ago. He’s been content acting as a GOP policy salesman the last 20+ years, pitching ideas he knows deep down are illegitimate.
April 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Hassett quit being an actual economist years ago. He’s been content acting as a GOP policy salesman the last 20+ years, pitching ideas he knows deep down are illegitimate.
Imagine the reaction if the Biden admin had responded like this to any of the right’s pet issues:
“Immigration moves up, immigration moves down, that’s how the world works…”
“Immigration moves up, immigration moves down, that’s how the world works…”
February 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Imagine the reaction if the Biden admin had responded like this to any of the right’s pet issues:
“Immigration moves up, immigration moves down, that’s how the world works…”
“Immigration moves up, immigration moves down, that’s how the world works…”
But $200B is not the US trade deficit with Canada. No one seems to know where his $200B comes from.
February 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
But $200B is not the US trade deficit with Canada. No one seems to know where his $200B comes from.
Where on earth does he get this stupid $200bn number from? Even his followers can’t say. It’s like he pulls this stuff out of his rear end.
February 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Where on earth does he get this stupid $200bn number from? Even his followers can’t say. It’s like he pulls this stuff out of his rear end.
Why can’t we just kill the Laffer Curve zombie for good?
February 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Why can’t we just kill the Laffer Curve zombie for good?
Hilarious given how most of Stallone’s and Gibson’s movies would NEVER have been allowed to be made in Hollywood’s Golden Age.
January 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Hilarious given how most of Stallone’s and Gibson’s movies would NEVER have been allowed to be made in Hollywood’s Golden Age.
Is he going to announce the resumption of HUAC next?
January 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Is he going to announce the resumption of HUAC next?