Cash for Clunkers’ failure: minorities, poor people hardest hit.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  November 7th at 10:30 AM  | 

Washington Post’s Ezra Klein’s substitute writer Brad Plumer got the unenviable job of having to admit that the government’s infamous Cash-for-Clunkers stealth auto dealership bailout – in which people traded in still-useable cars in exchange for trade-in money for a new car – didn’t particularly stimulate the economy, didn’t improve US car manufacturer’s market share, and “increased average fuel economy in the United States by | Read More »

Klein’s Crazy Constitutional Commentary.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  December 30th at 02:00 PM  | 

(H/T Instapundit) This comment is going to haunt Ezra Klein for the rest of his career as a ‘wonk:’ …as it should, because it was an incredibly stupid thing to say – even considering that it was said on MSNBC, which means that almost nobody saw it anyway. For those without video access, Klein (in the process of sneering at the GOP’s plan to start | Read More »