Matt Taibbi Blasts David Brooks Colum On Populism

True/Slant:

But leaving aside any discussion of Brooks the human being, this latest column of his is something that has to be discussed. The propagandistic argument he makes about the dangers of "populism" is spelled out here as clearly as you'll ever see it expressed in print, and this exact thing is a key reason why so much of the corruption that went on on Wall Street in the past few decades was allowed to spread unchecked.

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06:21 PM on 01/31/2010

I have been cutting and pasting from Matt Taibbis article all day. Since Mr. Taibbi has sworn off near future responses to David Brooks I am hoping he will follow his own thread mentioned here...But the kinds of things that went on at Goldman and other investment banks, in many cases there are not even laws on the books to deal with these things. In some cases what we’re talking about is the highly complicated merger of crime and policy, of stealing and government, which is both fascinating from a journalistic point of view and ought to be terrifying from the point of view of any citizen, rich or poor.... Thank you from the bottom of my middle class heart. One other thing, from my middle class heart, some one please remind Tim Geithner that irs fearing US citizenry are preparing their tax forms. This is an annual event for most of us. Since he so ardently proclaimed himself as a public servant I feel as a fellow citizen with him I should remind help remind a fellow citizen of this annual event.