Bruce Bartlett, who’s almost twice my age, and apparently had some sort of “important” job back when I was in grade school, says I’m “living in the past” for talking about the transcontinental railroad:
Ron Paul's favorite website attacks the transcontinental railroad. Way to stay relevant, guys. http://t.co/dykGcDh2Nb
— Bruce Bartlett (@BruceBartlett) March 11, 2014
@BruceBartlett @delong The 19th century railroads were the original 2Big2Fail corp-welfare monsters. Is it so awful to say so, Bruce?
— Chris Faille (@ccfaille) March 11, 2014
@ccfaille If you like living in the past, think no current issues are worth bothering with.
— Bruce Bartlett (@BruceBartlett) March 11, 2014
Wow. This is a guy who calls himself a historian. I guess that fact that Obama and other pols still invoke the railroads as a justification for modern infrastructure projects escapes Bartlett. Or perhaps he’s just mad that someone would point out that it’s a bad thing to steal from the taxpayers and give to politically-well-connected corporations.
Or he may just be still on his anti-Mises Institute/anti Lew Rockwell crusade, which recently included his nutty about Peter Klein’s article on budget default.
12:28 pm on March 11, 2014
