http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/bill-clinton-wizened-statesman/ Facts, Thoughts, and Commentary Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:37:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/bill-clinton-wizened-statesman/#comment-175754 Jared Bernstein Mon, 21 May 2012 21:33:41 +0000 http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/?p=5151#comment-175754 D’oh!

]]> http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/bill-clinton-wizened-statesman/#comment-175717 Mike Mon, 21 May 2012 19:59:42 +0000 http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/?p=5151#comment-175717 Wizened means shriveled or wrinkled, not old, wise and/or insightful. I hate being that guy, and I wouldn’t do it for any other word, but it’s a mistake I used to make frequently.

]]> http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/bill-clinton-wizened-statesman/#comment-173606 Bumpa Fri, 18 May 2012 20:04:55 +0000 http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/?p=5151#comment-173606 If only Clinton made as much sense when he was in office. His support of NAFTA, and the repeal of Glass-Steagell under his watch didn’t win him any brownie points.

]]> http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/bill-clinton-wizened-statesman/#comment-173520 PeonInChief Fri, 18 May 2012 16:46:15 +0000 http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/?p=5151#comment-173520 It’s so irritating that some people are so wedded to the view that there are a whole bunch of rich oldsters feeding at the Social Security trough that they refuse to look at the statistics showing the tiny number of actual rich oldsters. I believe that it was in the mid-’90s when someone did the math (you know–addition and subtraction) confirming that means-testing Social Security cost more than just giving the rich old the money.

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