Because predicting the future is so easy to do?

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alcaray — 6/7/2009 11:21:18 PM (archived)

You guys have unreasonable demands for economics. Predicting the direction of an economy is exactly like predicting the weather.

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"Recovery Plan" reality check, cont. - TB - 6/7/2009 2:12:50 AM
- Yay! Visual aids! - TB - 6/10/2009 5:11:06 AM
- Sorta... kinda like "Mission Accomplished" maybe? - Lindy - 6/8/2009 10:20:38 PM
- You inherited a surplus, ignored WTC warnings, lost two wars and left a collapse. - Bowser - 6/7/2009 3:04:50 AM
  - All the figures in blue are from Obama's presentations (n/t) - TB - 6/7/2009 4:11:09 AM
    - I got that - Buck Galaxy - 6/7/2009 5:39:38 AM
      - re: I got that - TB - 6/7/2009 5:49:47 AM
        
        You do not pay for a war with tax breaks for the wealthy - E.P. - 6/8/2009 3:24:32 PM
        
        Economics does a good job of explaining the past but predicting the future?- not so good. (n/t) - RobVG - 6/7/2009 4:19:03 PM
        
        Because predicting the future is so easy to do? - alcaray - 6/7/2009 11:21:18 PM
        
        Did i not say that? - RobVG - 6/8/2009 12:37:16 AM
        
        I did not parse your sentences properly, sorry. - alcaray - 6/8/2009 1:40:58 AM
        
        Thanks. I guess i need to work on phrasing. (n/t) - RobVG - 6/8/2009 2:11:28 AM
        
        Following your leader Rush? - Buck Galaxy - 6/7/2009 6:09:28 AM
        
        Open the shades and look out the window. - TB - 6/7/2009 8:19:25 PM
        
        "It's obvious that people simply don't process information that doesn't plug smoothly into their worldview." - Lindy - 6/8/2009 10:26:30 PM
        
        Change in trends - Buck Galaxy - 6/7/2009 8:32:42 PM
        
        The dark place - TB - 6/8/2009 2:57:30 AM
        
        re: The dark place - Buck Galaxy - 6/8/2009 6:30:40 AM
        
        Who's been running Congress and the Senate since January of 2007? - TB - 6/8/2009 4:08:33 PM
        
        Blame - Buck Galaxy - 6/9/2009 1:08:00 PM
        
        re: Blame - TB - 6/9/2009 1:39:57 PM
        
        Ignored was probably the wrong word (at least in some cases). - BUck Galaxy - 6/9/2009 8:56:45 PM
        
        re: Ignored - TB - 6/10/2009 4:22:34 AM
- Earlier post - TB - 6/7/2009 2:14:13 AM

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