Comments for George Will Is Upset that the Public Prefers to Take Arithmetic Over His Assertions at http://www.cepr.net , comment 1 to 20 out of 20 comments http://www.cepr.net Wed, 22 May 2013 13:20:58 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/george-will-is-upset-that-the-public-prefers-to-take-arithmetic-over-his-assertions#comment-21145 I love it when a smart liberal cuts a smart conservative lickspittle for the bourgeoisie down to size. Thanks Dean. - Mike Ballard Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:24:14 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/george-will-is-upset-that-the-public-prefers-to-take-arithmetic-over-his-assertions#comment-21116 I've figured out why the life expectancy is longer in Canada than the US: the Canadian Death Panels require that Canadians live longer so that they can wait longer to receive their healthcare services! - ChuckL Sat, 05 Jan 2013 18:07:47 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/george-will-is-upset-that-the-public-prefers-to-take-arithmetic-over-his-assertions#comment-21113 "government-produced overhang of housing inventory is shrinking" This is actually just a more-polite rehashing of the standard RW zombie lie about the Community Reinvestment Act. - Matt Sat, 05 Jan 2013 07:18:38 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/george-will-is-upset-that-the-public-prefers-to-take-arithmetic-over-his-assertions#comment-21107 [quote]Ignorant or shill written by Robert Hurst, January 04, 2013 11:52 He can't seriously believe the U.S. has an "energy surplus?"[/quote] If you count the total untapped solar and wind energy we have access to here in the US - we do indeed have a huge energy surplus. We're just not making use of it. - John Q Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:46:04 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/george-will-is-upset-that-the-public-prefers-to-take-arithmetic-over-his-assertions#comment-21106 He can't seriously believe the U.S. has an "energy surplus?" - Robert Hurst Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:52:07 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/george-will-is-upset-that-the-public-prefers-to-take-arithmetic-over-his-assertions#comment-21089 George Will imagines himself to be an intellectual. A conservative intellectual is an oxymoron. There are none. They just bloviate and decieve the ignorant masses. No new story here. - r. nemo Fri, 04 Jan 2013 03:27:07 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/george-will-is-upset-that-the-public-prefers-to-take-arithmetic-over-his-assertions#comment-21086 George will is a basic fool. My Toyota Camry is 24-5 years old and running just fine. I expect it to go 300,000 miles. It is in the prime of its life at 160,000. Nothing major has failed. paint is fine. Few minor repairs since 1988. If SS was to run out of funds--which it wont--the general fund will have to cover the cost. Basic fact. Republicans are just liars about everything. They are a sad lot of fools. Some one tell them the Reagan con job era is over! - r. nemo Fri, 04 Jan 2013 03:23:02 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/george-will-is-upset-that-the-public-prefers-to-take-arithmetic-over-his-assertions#comment-21081 Kramer was right. and Han shot first. - JDM Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:48:55 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/george-will-is-upset-that-the-public-prefers-to-take-arithmetic-over-his-assertions#comment-21080 The GOP (Greedy Obnoxious Predators) would, if it had the presidency, wet its collective adult diapers if it could point to 3% economic growth. With "investors" close to having TO PAY to own government debt, said government would truly be foolish NOT to lend more. The CPI is bogus right now, without the added idiocy of "chaining," as it seems to omit increases in costs of food and fuel. - John Puma Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:15:30 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/george-will-is-upset-that-the-public-prefers-to-take-arithmetic-over-his-assertions#comment-21079 RE: washable diapers - I couldn't find any posted information about that in Japan, but it's easy to speculate that the U.S. uses disposable baby diapers over washable diapers more than any other nation! So it sure sounds like a plausible explanation for that data. RE: Social Security, "self-funded with a current massive surplus" If this is the case, why do people like Chris Edwards get to go on the Diane Rehm show [url]http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-01-03/coming-battle-over-spending-cuts-and-national-debt[/url] and hysterically talk about social security being bankrupted?? - watermelonpunch Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:28:34 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/george-will-is-upset-that-the-public-prefers-to-take-arithmetic-over-his-assertions#comment-21078 Japan sells more adult diapers because in Japan parents use washable baby diapers to a much higher degree than Americans. They don't use washable adult diapers. - diaper-facts Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:37:08 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/george-will-is-upset-that-the-public-prefers-to-take-arithmetic-over-his-assertions#comment-21076 Mike -- Not only are you right about that -- the total debt remains exactly the same because an obligation is extinguished when the new one is created -- but it seems people like Rivlin are inherently disrespecting the law by treating a legal fiction -- the idea of a "unified budget" -- as something real that allows them to blow past the correct observation that Social Security is self-funded with a current massive surplus, when, in fact, as a matter of law, there is no such thing as a "unified budget." - urban legend Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:45:48 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/george-will-is-upset-that-the-public-prefers-to-take-arithmetic-over-his-assertions#comment-21074 According to Citizens for Tax Justice, the financial services industry paid an average effective tax rate of 15.5 percent from 2008 to 2010, far lower than that of most other industries. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/02/fiscal-cliff-wall-street_n_2397933.html?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl1|sec1_lnk2&pLid=252378 - James Thu, 03 Jan 2013 12:39:52 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/george-will-is-upset-that-the-public-prefers-to-take-arithmetic-over-his-assertions#comment-21072 [quote]As far as the average age of American cars, it is not clear whether we are supposed to think this is good or bad.[/quote] I was thinking the same thing... My car is 18 years old. This may reflect my economic situation. But it also says something positive about Toyotas from 1995, I think. I also get pretty decent gas mileage, considering. I'm in better shape than folks with 10yr old American made SUVs. As for the comment about Japan & adult diapers... I'm imagining that this is somehow a round-about way of criticizing Japan's so called stagnation caused by socialist style government planning & spending (ahem ^^). But what I'm hearing is that he's saying that any country with "a lot of old people soaking up government entitlements", should, to get their economy out of stagnation, institute assisted suicide centers for the aged. ?? It's like when the people in support of cutting entitlements point out that social security is not a pension fund, it's a government welfare... Good guys. Keep saying that and maybe finally some old people will stop voting against their own best interests when they realize that the income they depend on is the "entitlements" those people want to cut. Because you know that most seniors when they hear "entitlement cuts" they don't think about the social security & medicare they depend upon - they've been trained to think of "entitlements" as the "free money" given to "lazy unemployed unmarried black mothers of multiply fathered children", because that's the illusion in the right hand they've been trained to look at by the magicians that want to cut their incomes with the left hand. So I say let them keep harping on making it sound like they think seniors are a useless burden to society to be ridiculed for their incontinence. Maybe people will finally see people who say these things for what they really are... - watermelonpunch Thu, 03 Jan 2013 09:24:05 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/george-will-is-upset-that-the-public-prefers-to-take-arithmetic-over-his-assertions#comment-21070 On a related note, it's worth mentioning that Dean appeared in a "Room For Debate" panel discussion on Social Security in today's NYT. You can find it in the opinion section of the online edition. I'm saving my one link in this comment for the following. Another panelist in the discussion was Alice Rivlin, who made the claim that Social Security adds to the debt. I'm surprised that Dean didn't jump on that here, so allow me: http://amorpha.blogspot.com - Mike Thu, 03 Jan 2013 08:00:23 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/george-will-is-upset-that-the-public-prefers-to-take-arithmetic-over-his-assertions#comment-21066 Nice. I read Will's garbage this morning syndicated in my local newspaper and knew Dean wouldn't let it stand. - JSeydl Thu, 03 Jan 2013 06:26:01 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/george-will-is-upset-that-the-public-prefers-to-take-arithmetic-over-his-assertions#comment-21065 News Flash #1 - George Will not only is a Republican -- he's a conservative. News Flash #2 - For Republicans and conservatives, Arithmetic don't count and math don't matter. News Flash #3 - Facts aren't important, pure logic prevails. - Ron Alley Thu, 03 Jan 2013 06:05:55 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/george-will-is-upset-that-the-public-prefers-to-take-arithmetic-over-his-assertions#comment-21063 Unfortunately, I cannot empirically refute his periodic crusades against jeans anywhere as well as you do his economic tirades. Take a crack at it sometime, will you? - Ryan Thu, 03 Jan 2013 05:57:07 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/george-will-is-upset-that-the-public-prefers-to-take-arithmetic-over-his-assertions#comment-21061 Mr. Will is a binary thinker. In base two (binary) arithmetic, 1+1=10 and 10+10=100. But Mr. Will doesn't realize he is binary, he thinks he's decimal (base ten) (he must have been hit on the head too many times playing his beloved baseball, or tying his bow tie too tight?). No wonder he is so confused! - David Thu, 03 Jan 2013 04:07:03 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/george-will-is-upset-that-the-public-prefers-to-take-arithmetic-over-his-assertions#comment-21057 George Will [i]is[/i] a fan of arithmetic. Based on the principle that multiplying two negative numbers yields a positive number, two wrongs always make a right. Will is always careful to make sure the total number of false claims always add up to an even number, claiming that in context, the first half of wrongs is right and the second half of wrongs is right as well. - Last Mover Thu, 03 Jan 2013 03:18:46 +0100