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To: Alighieri who wrote (582649)	8/25/2010 5:19:54 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573211

What studies have you conducted to make such an assertion? You don't need a study to show that if you assume X in your argument for X, that your argument doesn't actually demonstrate X. We also don't need a study to tell us its a bad idea to rely on arguments from authority on an unreliable authority (like the CBO is in this area, and anyone is on the question of how many jobs a policy "created or saved").

To: Alighieri who wrote (582649)	9/11/2010 8:31:28 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573211

"It's an estimate based on a model. Of course it's not blindly to be accepted. But it's not blindly to be dismissed as you did in your first reply." And the parameters are ones generally accepted by economists. They weren't just plucked out of the air. So to dismiss them, Tim et al has to come up with some reason they either are incorrect or don't apply. Saying "I don't accept that because it flies in the face of my ideology" would be a fallacious argument.