Paul Krugman’s latest unhinged column in The New York Times wreaks of bad faith.
On Tuesday, the paper’s economic columnist from the City University of New York Graduate Center wrote a nearly 900-word piece outlining a false binary when it comes to aid for Ukraine. Republicans who oppose another multi-billion-dollar aid package to the war-torn country, he wrote, just “want Putin to win.”
“They view the Putin regime’s cruelty and repression as admirable features that America should emulate,” Krugman told the subscribers of The New York Times. “They support a wannabe dictator at home and are sympathetic to actual dictators abroad.”
Opponents of the generous aid packages might also be trying to avoid American involvement in another overseas war, but for Krugman, that would be giving his political rivals too much credit.
Krugman penned the column after conservative Republicans successfully ripped out another round of funding for Ukraine in the latest budget showdown last week. The compromise bill to keep the government open for another 45 days passed both chambers Saturday with bipartisan support. Absent from the measure was another $6 billion for Ukraine demanded by both Democrats and Senate Republican leadership. Lawmakers have until Nov. 17 to come to another agreement before a government shutdown.
Krugman criticized the conservative effort to eliminate more Ukraine aid, arguing the amount of tax dollars sent to Eastern Europe is a small budget item.
“Total federal outlays are currently running at more than $6 trillion a year, or more than $9
