have too few students to teach? the other thing is, look, we are in a depression. right now, public sector employment doesn t crowd out private sector employment. it is the reverse. slashing those jobs is making our economy worse. it is a stupid argument to say we need fewer teachers but for sure a bad time to lay them off. even if we didn t have enough this might be a good time for some extras. that s right. by the way, the president did say what about the potholes which are proliferating, certainly across new jersey, what about construction and repair and public spending we have been cutting at the time it should be increasing instead. paul krugman, nobel prize winning columnist, author of end this depression now which is required reading. thank you for being here. a big election update up next. ttd# 1-800-345-2550
right now, public sector employment doesn t crowd out private sector employment, it s reversed. slashing those jobs is making our economy worse. this is not the time i think it s a stupid argument to say we need fewer schoolteachers, but for sure this is a really bad time to be laying them off. even if we didn t have enough, this might be a good time for some extras. that s right. and, by the way, the president also did say, you know, what about the potholes, which are proliferating, certainly, all over my state of new jersey. what about construction? what about repair? what about all this public spending we ve been cutting at exactly the time it should be increasing instead? paul krugman, princeton professor, new york times columnist, author of end this depression now! thank you for being here. a big election update coming up next.
know, i sometimes wake up with nightmares of actually ending up being an elementary schoolteacher or a high school schoolteacher, which would be a much harder job than i have now. do you really think those hard-working teachers have an easy time because they don t have they have too few students to teach? but the other thing is, look, we are in a depression. right now, public sector employment doesn t crowd out private sector employment, it s reversed. slashing those jobs is making our economy worse. this is not the time i think it s a stupid argument to say we need fewer schoolteachers, but for sure this is a really bad time to be laying them off. even if we didn t have enough, this might be a good time for some extras. that s right. and, by the way, the president also did say, you know, what about the potholes, which are proliferating, certainly, all over my state of new jersey. what about construction? what about repair? what about all this public spending we ve been cutting