As the U.S. economy continues to plunge, the Neo-Cons (emphasis on “Cons”) are blaming…libertarians. Now, I rarely read David Brooks’s silly column in the NY Times, as I already spend too much time following Paul Krugman’s economically-illiterate missives. However, Brooks now has my attention as he has discovered why things are so bad. (Yes, Walmart is partly to blame, Brooks tells us.) In his own words: The United States is becoming a broken society. The public has contempt for the political class. Public debt is piling up at an astonishing and unrelenting pace. Middle-class wages have lagged. Unemployment will remain … Continue reading The Broken Neocons