Most of that article describes how the study cooked the numbers.

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TB — 10/8/2012 4:27:35 AM (archived)

Selective timeframe, ignoring total shares, etc.

You know...intent to deceive.

The consequences you describe exist only in your imagination. The historical consequences of attempts to create egalitarian societies founded on class warfare are there in the real world for everyone to see.

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Implications of the Conservative philosophy. - bowser - 10/7/2012 9:22:10 PM
- Seriously?. - RobVG - 10/9/2012 3:07:38 PM
  - I asked you before to check the numbers against TBs characterizations. - bowser - 10/9/2012 10:19:26 PM
    - I didn't read Tom. - RobVG - 10/10/2012 12:32:00 AM
      - Well, he called me "demented". Or something like that. - bowser - 10/10/2012 4:43:21 AM
        
        I've seen this before. - RobVG - 10/10/2012 2:07:41 PM
      - This election is about saving $500k? I can't believe there are people so loopy they care about something so small and silly. - alcaray - 10/10/2012 1:40:37 AM
        
        I give up. n/t - RobVG - 10/10/2012 2:10:49 AM
        
        I guess I don't need this. - alcaray - 10/10/2012 4:45:31 AM
        
        PBS funding is $445 million, not 500k. n/t - RobVG - 10/10/2012 2:05:58 PM
        
        Like pushing a rope, isn't it? - TB - 10/10/2012 2:34:08 AM
    - MIght not be a bad idea to actually finish reading the article you linked. - TB - 10/9/2012 10:49:56 PM
  - The ironic part... - TB - 10/9/2012 5:42:06 PM
- It sure smells like it. - Lindy - 10/9/2012 5:24:05 AM
- You're clearly still living in the BDS era... - SDAI-Tech - 10/8/2012 3:12:58 AM
  - Where clearly we've moved on to the ODS era. - alcaray - 10/8/2012 4:52:16 AM
- On Rainwater Collection - podrock - 10/8/2012 12:31:42 AM
  - The difference is the common good vs. Bechtel profits. - bowser - 10/8/2012 12:44:16 AM
- Pure fiction. n/t - RobVG - 10/7/2012 10:44:28 PM
  - OK. There's a choice below. The numbers, or TBs characterizations. - bowser - 10/8/2012 6:18:23 PM
  - Which part? Take the first, if you would. - bowser - 10/8/2012 12:29:50 AM
    - More steaming dementia than fiction. - TB - 10/8/2012 1:37:07 AM
      - WSJ - "80% of the nation’s wealth gains between 1983 and 2009 went to the wealthiest top 5%." - bowser - 10/8/2012 4:15:09 AM
        
        Most of that article describes how the study cooked the numbers. - TB - 10/8/2012 4:27:35 AM
        
        Sad try. "Selective timeframe" - 1983 to 2009. Willful ignorance, TB - bowser - 10/8/2012 5:11:32 AM

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