Dean Baker — Supporters of Trade Deals, LIke George Will and the Washington Post, Think They Have to Lie to Make Their Case

George Will is a columnist rather than an economist. One might think that this is a mistake instead of a lie. But Will is a professional and the Washington Post is a premiere medium where professionalism is presumed. If this was not a deliberate lie spreading fake news as propaganda, either Will was misinformed and did not realize it, or the Washington Post failed to in performing due diligence in fact-checking. Another fail.

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Supporters of Trade Deals, LIke George Will and the Washington Post, Think They Have to Lie to Make Their Case
Dean Baker | Co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C

George Will: Loss of public jobs is a ‘good’ thing

At Raw Story
George Will: Loss of public jobs is a ‘good’ thing
(with video)

Will is articulating the conservative position that loss of public sector jobs is actually an exchange of government jobs "boondogling" for private sector jobs, you know, teachers, policemen, and firemen in exchange for more low-paid "hospitality workers," which is where the "job creation" in the private sector is coming from.


McDonald's Job Applications Dumped On 'Occupy' Protesters By Chicago Board Of Trade
Read the rest at The Huffington Post

Dozens of photocopied McDonald's job applications were reportedly thrown from the Chicago Board of Trade building and onto Occupy Chicago protestors earlier this week, according to Chicagoist (h/t Mediaite). 

In April, McDonald's announced plans to hire 50,000 new employees in a single day. The fast food giant was subsequently flooded with more than one million applications, a McDonald's spokeswoman told HuffPost in April. As of October, there are officially 13.9 million unemployed people in America today....