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zipplewrath

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11. Faith Based
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 11:39 AM
Jun 2017

Too much political thinking today is founded in "faith base" logic. And I don't really mean religion, although that often crops up. But you'll constantly here "well, I just don't BELIEVE that...." They have economic ideas and ideals that are based upon what they WANT to be true, rather than an expert analysis of what "can" be true, or is true. It's been shown over and over that tax cuts don't increase tax revenues. But the BELIEF continues. Rising tides DON'T raise all boats, but they continue to BELIEVE that it does. Belief should exist in the absence of knowledge, not at the expense of it. "Let Free Markets decide" but it was "free" markets that brought about the housing market bubble and subsequent collapse.

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