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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (748950)	10/23/2013 6:31:39 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1572507

>> All I know is that the media LOVES to associate government spending with economic activity, because they've been told the same lies that the so-called "Keynesians" have been saying these days. Government spending is economic activity. It has almost reached the status of a joke; time and again, from Chris Matthews to Bill O'Reilly, you hear it spoken as though it were fact: Keynesian is stimulative. No one EVER questions it. It is accepted as fact even though no one can really point to legitimate examples where it has actually solved a problem.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (748950)	10/23/2013 6:32:58 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572507

I tell you what. Call up those economists and tell them their methodology is flawed. Personally, I think Dunning-Kruger is at work here, but...