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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (43559)	5/28/2010 10:18:49 PM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71588

PLS see previous remarks about jumping past ACTUAL REMARKS in a haste to get to some hypothetical thought experiment that you'd prefer to grind away at. I've seen those false remarks more than once now and continue to respond to what you actually post. But FACTS (real, observed, quantifiable and agreed-upon things...) are much more prosaic things. Facts are more solid than projections and estimates. But "because of" in - "This is in spite of (or more aptly because of) the enactment of severe austerity measures" Message 26540501 Is not an actual fact, in the sense of being hard quantifiable data. Its an opinion. Backed by essentially nothing. You do provide facts, but not facts that demonstrate or support that "because of", in any way. The facts show that X (large deficits in Ireland) happened after Y (an austerity package). But that point doesn't demonstrate any "because of". Once again, please see skepdic.com