Rand Paul Has No Idea

Rand Paul does not understand basic facts about the American economy as it exists today. Paul Krugman hilariously informs him.

PAUL: The thing I don’t understand is that you’re arguing that the government sector is struggling. Are you arguing that there are fewer government employees under Obama than there were under Bush?

KRUGMAN: Of course. That’s a fact. That’s a tremendous fact.

PAUL: No, the size of growth of government is enormous under President Obama.

KRUGMAN: If government employment had grown as fast under Obama as it did under Bush, we’d have a million and a half more people employed right now —directly.

PAUL: Are there less people employed or more people employed now by government?

ThinkProgress has the video. Its a lot of fun to watch the fantasy world these people have built for themselves come crashing down around them. This isn’t rocket science.

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