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Re: Greenspan's true colors (would that be a chartreuse blush?)

>Greenspan: . . . With respect to the minimum wage, the reason I object
>to the minimum wage is I think it destroys jobs.  And I think the evidence
>on that, in my judgment, is overwhelming.

Overwhelming, as in the a priori assumptions and publication bias
overwhelming the data.

>I spoke with Sanders the next day, and he was still stunned by
>Greenspan's comments.  "I had always known that Greenspan was a rightwing
>Republican, but frankly how far right did surprise me," Sanders said.

To be a rightwing Republican is the gift of fortune; but being dismally
uninformed comes by nature.

Tom Walker
Bowen Island, BC
604 947 2213
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