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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (192981)7/2/2004 9:42:08 AM
From: SilentZ  Read Replies (3) of 1576346
 
>The "misery index" fits perfectly into Twain's third level of lies. Of course people are concerned about unemployment, tuition costs, health care, etc., but the attempt to create and/or exploit such a "misery index" is pure manipulation of people's genuine hardships.

Is it? If it's true and meaningful, who cares? The index, as I understand its purpose, is very applicable to those around me, so it makes sense to me.

If the traditional statistics cited by the Bush administration to support their efforts are less meaningful than the new ones derived by the Kerry team, I'd rather use the Kerry ones. I haven't done the research yet, but if I have some time, I will.

-Z
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