Re: Jews and dystopian futures (potential spoilers)
- From: sethb@xxxxxxxxx (Seth Breidbart)
- Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 01:55:02 +0000 (UTC)
In article <z-SdnYY6xbpaM7XZRVn-iA@xxxxxxx>,
Dan Kimmel <daniel.kimmel@xxxxxxx> wrote:
No, "discredited" means that I don't have to look very far to find others
who also dismiss these tired arguments as discredited:
So to you it means you've found somebody else who agrees with you?
"There is no theory so bizarre and implausible that somebody,
somewhere, won't subscribe to it. The proof is left as an exercise for
your killfile."
"A bill to raise the minimum wage by $1.50 an hour over two years has been
stalled in the Legislature, where discredited old arguments about negative
effects on job growth are heard...
They _say_ "discredited".
There is no evidence that the last four
increases in the minimum wage led to large job losses.
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
Unemployment has gone
up recently in Massachusetts, but the economic sectors most affected by the
minimum wage -- hospitality, leisure, and health services -- are growing,
and few economists project a reversal due to wage increases."
Most economists don't make predictions about Massachusetts employment
at all.
Perhaps you merely dismiss all the arguments discrediting these
claims because they contradict your world view. It is as valid a
possibility as your claim about me.
"Only some of the professionals in an area not known for agreement
hold this opinion" isn't exactly "discrediting".
Seth
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