Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] [POLITICS] one amazing graph that tells it all

["Vern Green" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

http://rodrik.typepad.com/dani_rodriks_weblog/2008/03/american-politi.html

 

I think there is some information missing here. To have growth there has to be a comparison of some sort, is this graph comparing directly Democratic Presidential terms to Republican terms?

 

Also, who chose the 1948 cutoff point and why was that point chosen? why not go back to 1900 or even 1930? Could it be that there were some years beterr 1948 and 1968 that made the numbers look better for democrats? For this to be meaningful, there should be some real comparisons directly between the presidents.

Think about it (you might have to look really carefully because it's slightly fuzzy).  Note especially that people are showing larger income gains under Democrats than under Republicans at *all* plotted income levels!  Here's what Krugman has to say:

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/02/bartels-alfred-wegener/

 

Of course the liberal Krugman is going to agree and is going to go right along with the numbers and the graph as presented. He is far from an impartial resource and as such should be shunned from these discussions. Any opposing opinion on this board that cited an equally biased resource would get the same treatment. Since the book is not out, I would have to assume that not a lot of opposing discussion has occurred as yet. Time will tell how this book is received.

 

 

So, MLUG, what do you think?

I think I am going to wait until a more complete analysis ad review of the man's work has been conducted. His numbers might be correct, but I would expect that they are skewed tremendously to favor a democratic point of view. I might be wrong, but there are cleary reasos why those chose specifics dates here.

Mike

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