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JONATHAN CHAIT JULY 1, 2011

Lindsay Lohan's Right-Wing Monetary Views

BY JONATHAN CHAIT

Lindsay Lohan turns out to be a hard money crank:

With a vacant Federal Reserve Board spot open and Peter Diamond still unqualified, I wonder if Richard Shelby would consider appointing her. She has sound conservative views on monetary policy, a successful entrepreneur, and she appeals to the youth vote Republicans badly need. And she has appropriately skeptical views of labor:

I also believe a Federal Reserve appointment would give Lohan the structure she needs to keep her life on track. It's win-win!

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The GOP is a Lindsay Lohan kind of party right now, so this would be quite appropriate. Say, Lindsay, what do you think US policy should be toward the Sudan? Please tweet your reply.

- liberalref

July 1, 2011 at 12:22pm

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This is almost as funny as your Taiwanese baseball post. Hilarious!

- tmmats

July 1, 2011 at 12:26pm

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Why are you a crank if you believe the Fed's QE program has resulted in higher food and energy prices? http://www.businessinsider.com/qe2-is-damaging-the-economy-and-reducing-gdp-growth-2011-4

- IggyPop

July 1, 2011 at 1:05pm

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During the 2008 election, Lohan got very upset at the Obama team for not returning her phone calls, or something like that. She had wanted to be put to work campaigning for them. Not sure if her monetary politics could evolve into Right wing so quickly.

- scrubby

July 1, 2011 at 1:31pm

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The only thing I find odd about this post is that Chait subscribes to Lohan's twitter feed.

- blackton

July 1, 2011 at 1:43pm

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Um, I think the #ad tag at the end of her post indicates that someone is paying her to say this. I think she's selling her Twitter handle for $$. I don't think Lohan actually has anything resembling "monetary views."

- ClumsyMohel

July 1, 2011 at 2:11pm

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Rising gas prices due to increased demand worldwide imply rising food prices - energy is the largest cost in food production and transportation. Nothing to do with monetary policy.

- chicago5

July 18, 2011 at 12:19pm

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