Sunday, December 18, 2016

If you're going to write pages on a topic, while claiming something novel?

If you're going to write pages on a topic, while claiming something novel?

It'd be real good if you got the official facts straight.

For ex, if I am reading an article claiming that American doesn't have enough jobs for those who want to work, and you say the official unemployment rate is 8.3%?

Nope. You just lost me. It is < 5%.

I cannot and will not go with you on your claims if you do not get the facts straight.

4 comments:

  1. Especially when there are real world information that will likely support the point you're trying to make. I can imagine, for instance, that rather than inflate the unemployment numbers, the same general argument could be made based on underemployment figures.

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  2. The article in question references Obama's re-election campaign, making it dated to 2012 (if it is the article I just read an excerpt from).

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  3. Michael Moceri Right?

    If you want to take about labor rate participation, there are real numbers! If you want to look at wealth by age bracket or race or gender, there are numbers! We've got entire federal bureaucracies whose job is to collect these numbers, and they do a good job at it!

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  4. John W. Sheldon That would for sure make more sense,

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