So I hit on the the stimulus this morning before school. And then on campus I walked up on a discussion on the stimulus that then moved on to another hobgoblin of conservative ideologues as well--global warming.
A few people were talking about unemployment. One of the guys stated confidently that that the unemployment numbers proved that the stimulus plan didn't work. A friend of mine pointed out to him that jobs are a lagging indicator (okay he didn't use that term specifically) and that increasing government spending is exactly what you want to do during a recession.
The guy kind of flustered around about that not being true.
I mentioned that the idea that government spending is the wrong thing to do during a recession, like the idea that global warming isn't real--is commonly perpetuated on tv and mentioned a few resources that might be helpful.
He chimed in... "the globe isn't warming... its cooling."
Needless to say, we moved on. Sigh.... I blame the media.
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