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dmallind

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17. retail sector 70% = automatic bullshitting idiot

Reply to readsome5 (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 13, 2012, 12:09 PM

Jan 2012

Consumer spending is 70% of the economy - but whose spending is entirely retail? Conflating two very different things means zero credibility.

His personal story may or may not have merit, but by putting an obvious lie front and center he loses any assumption of honesty.

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