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shawn703

(2,702 posts)
Thu May 24, 2012, 09:35 PM May 2012

The conservative rebuttal to the Rex Nutting article

I sent the article to a RWer I know, and he sent me back something from the American Enterprise Institute saying that Nutting only came to this conclusion because he fudged the numbers and shifted things around. Has anyone else seen this, and is there a rebuttal to the rebuttal?

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The conservative rebuttal to the Rex Nutting article (Original Post) shawn703 May 2012 OP
They cannot be moved by facts...it's the cognitive dissonance phenomenon... rfranklin May 2012 #1
It is only true if it was on Fox News. emulatorloo May 2012 #2
News articles like this reminds me of this quote Dokkie May 2012 #3
It would help if you Dokkie May 2012 #4
Here's a link shawn703 May 2012 #5
 

rfranklin

(13,200 posts)
1. They cannot be moved by facts...it's the cognitive dissonance phenomenon...
Thu May 24, 2012, 09:44 PM
May 2012

They contort the information in their minds until it fits their conception of reality.

Nothing you put forth will change their mindset.

 

Dokkie

(1,688 posts)
3. News articles like this reminds me of this quote
Fri May 25, 2012, 12:28 PM
May 2012

Last edited Fri May 25, 2012, 01:43 PM - Edit history (1)

Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.
Mark Twain

Now I when you work with percentages of variable numbers, there's a myriad of tricks that can be used to support or oppose any issue being discussed. Remember that its is a FACT the poor man with 1c increases his wealth by 100% if he just finds another penny and he/she has a higher rate of income growth that someone earning 100k a year and got a $1k raise to his/her monthly salary, so the question must be asked, percentage of what? Also what is the percentage to GDP cos a 7 figure earner spending $10k /month is not the same as 90k earner spending the same. You have to ignore a lot of factors for the article to work cos democrats actually believe in govt role through spending to stimulate and maintain a steady growth of the economy as opposed to belief in tax cuts and war spending as a means of doing the same

And seeing as Obama voted for Bush war spending, bank bailouts and such, I don't see why he should be absolved of those spending since he supported it by his yea votes. This is one time that perception is indeed reality.

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