Paul Krugman is sorry to all of you “lederhosen-wearing holey-cheese eaters”

nytbanner1In my column last Monday, I made a joke about the Swiss that fell flat with some readers. Also, the Swiss don’t wear lederhosen. Link

Here’s the offending section:

…the truth is that the [health] plans on the table would, roughly speaking, turn America into Switzerland — which may be occupied by lederhosen-wearing holey-cheese eaters, but wasn’t a socialist hellhole the last time I looked.

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