Wildly unpopular bailout?

RS, you basically have the monetarists on your side (and the Austrians, although they aren't a serious economic school). A petition is not a poll. If there were a poll of economists, they would be for it.
 
uscitizen said:
I would love a flat income tax. We could actually make govt smaller, do away with much of parasitic companies like HR block, etc...
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How would government get smaller with a flat rate tax? Who do you think sets the rate, and to what standard?

I am totally against income tax, but a flat rate would be better than what we have now IMO.
 
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Watermark said:
RS, you basically have the monetarists on your side (and the Austrians, although they aren't a serious economic school). A petition is not a poll. If there were a poll of economists, they would be for it.
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The same economists that told us 6 months ago everything was fine ? just a little adjustment ? even up to 2 months ago ?
 
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Classic.

I pledge allegiance, to the losses, of socialism in the works. One nation, invaded by marxism, with liberity and profits for them.
 
tinfoil said:
No, it was an observation. You look at a list of economists and have a problem with the universities they teach at. You suffer from confirmation bias and as such, you're hopelessly ignorant
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confirmation bias?

It is correct to have bias when it is confirmed. It is called learning.
 
theMAJORITY said:
confirmation bias?

It is correct to have bias when it is confirmed. It is called learning.
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No, it's the opposite of learning.
confirmation bias is a tendency to search for or interpret new information in a way that confirms one's preconceptions and avoids information and interpretations which contradict prior beliefs. It is a type of cognitive bias and represents an error of inductive inference, or as a form of selection bias toward confirmation of the hypothesis under study or disconfirmation of an alternative hypothesis.
 
Ten points to Watermark for mentioning me in his opening post. -10 points for everyone else who forgot about me immediately.
 
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