{"id":787,"date":"2012-10-20T17:59:01","date_gmt":"2012-10-20T22:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nathanhunstad.com\/blog\/?p=787"},"modified":"2012-10-20T18:01:20","modified_gmt":"2012-10-20T23:01:20","slug":"im-unelectable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nathanhunstad.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/im-unelectable\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m unelectable!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NPR\u2019s Planet Money decided to talk to a bunch of economists of all stripes to ask what they would like to see in an economic platform for a presidential candidate. They came up with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/ezra-klein\/wp\/2012\/10\/19\/economists-design-their-dream-candidate-but-could-he-ever-get-elected\/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein\" target=\"_blank\">this<\/a>: eliminating the mortgage interest and health care deductions, corporate income tax, income tax, a carbon tax, and legalized marijuana. Aside from moving to a consumption tax, which I could see as good in some circumstances, these are all things I believe in. They are also all things that would get a politician booted from office.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s nice to know that I am pretty much unelectable. Not that over a decade in politics hasn\u2019t already taught me that, though. For added fun, the link above has a fake TV commercial for that decidedly-unpopular platform. Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NPR\u2019s Planet Money decided to talk to a bunch of economists of all stripes to ask what they would like to see in an economic platform for a presidential candidate. They came up with this: eliminating the mortgage interest and health care deductions, corporate income tax, income tax, a carbon tax, and legalized marijuana. 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