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Originally posted by taxwonk
I've explained this far too many times to do it again. If anyone is voting for Bush because they think it's the right thing for their bank balance, they're just proving yet again that the one thing this nation needs to cure all its financial woes is an excise tax on stupidity.
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Your theory is based on projections, which are based on statistics, which are tabulated by people who are not immune to error and are sometimes even biased. Economic projections are like epidemiological models - their predictive value is not the sort of thing you'd ever take to the bank.
According to statistics, I'm dead already of lung disease, kidney cancer, cirrhosis and heart issue. I'm not saying predictions don't have value - I'm just saying that screaming chicken little based on a pile of projected numbers is foolish. I ain't handing free money back because Robert Rubin's great big juicy brain says I should. If I'm wrong and reckless, whatever... won't be the first time and won't be the last.
