Tuesday, October 27, 2009

on campus conversations...

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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