You Can't Soak the Rich

Re:You Can't Soak the Rich by mattmaroon on Tuesday May 20, 2008 @03:16PM (#195168)

Yeah, hilarious. Implying causation where there is only correlation is probably the most frequent logical error in print.

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Re:You Can't Soak the Rich by hugh on Tuesday May 20, 2008 @04:37PM (#195281)

I don't think it's implying causation where there's only correlation. It seems to be implying non-causation due to non-correlation.

I'd say the bigger flaw is that it only looks at the very top tax rate without looking at the point at which the top bracket cut in. In the 1950s the top tax rate was enormous but it only affected a tiny number of people. Now it's a lot lower but affects a larger slice of the population.

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Re:You Can't Soak the Rich by mattmaroon on Tuesday May 20, 2008 @06:15PM (#195382)

Yeah, you're correct.

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