Paul Krugman writes:
In the long run, however, Democrats won’t be the only losers. What Republicans have just gotten away with calls our whole system of government into question. After all, how can American democracy work if whichever party is most prepared to be ruthless, to threaten the nation’s economic security, gets to dictate policy? And the answer is, maybe it can’t.
Tom Friedman would like America to become China “for a day” so that the banning of plastic bags and other unpopular environmentalist policies could be imposed on an unwilling citizenry. In the wake of the debt deal, Krugman seems to be contemplating a longer term solution.
