I said nothing of Grreenspan, rather I was referring to the flawed logic that Lee used, Greenspan says thus, ergo the Democrat are lying. It simply doesn't follow. One does not mean the other. Is a very simple concept no?
MOreover I never implied that I was making any sort of statement regarding economics. I also thought your implied personal attack was more than a bit unwarrented. > -----Original Message----- > From: J. Kris Baca [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 10:08 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Greenspan: Tax cut needs to be big > > > Lee, > > Richard Feynman, considered by many to be the only person who > understood > quantum mechanics, once said that anybody who claims to understand > quantum mechanics doesn't. > > And so it is true with economics. Implicit in your email is the fact > that you do understand economics and so by voicing your opinion you've > removed all doubt as to your competence with it. > > As for Greenspan's competence I've not yet seen the soft > landing he had > promised. He also seems to have had a VERY itchy throttle finger; but > then I don't claim to understand economics. > > Lee wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, September 26, 2001 1:33 PM, Larry Lyons > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > >Since when does an economist's opinion mean that the > democrats are lying? > > >Rather than logically presenting the case, you ask the > reader for a leap > > of > > >faith Greenspan blabs something, so you say the democrats > are lying? How > > >does one get from one conclusion (greenspan testifying > before congress) > > to > > >the other (the democrats are lying). It just doesn't > follow. Where's the > > >evidence? > > > > > Maybe lying is a little harsh. Let's just say the democrats > have been a > > little disingenuous when debating the tax cut issue. Unless > of course they > > don't agree with Greenspans contention that tax cuts > provide much needed > > economic stimulus. > > > > Lee > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
