Comment Re:Stupid reasoning. (Score 1) 1094
You have no idea if I support government expenditures or not.
Yes I do. You revealed it when you described a 20% increase as "only."
I'm just pointing out that your figures are flawed,
I suppose by, "your figures are flawed," you mean the figures are accurate. Your argument was not with the figures, but with the interpretation.
and since you are loosing that argument
Not to be pedantic, but that word should be "losing." Well, okay. To be pedantic. More to the point, I am not losing the argument. The original point was made by tompaulco. I am Loyal Opposition. We are not one and the same. So, if anyone were losing the argument it would be him, which it's not.
It's clear you lost,
I know some people believe that if you say something enough times then it must be true. Clearly you are one of those.
you know you lost and you are trying to shift the target by claiming I'm a statist.
I have shifted nothing. You objected to tompaulco's selection of basis year, so fine. I described the entire period of the twentieth century. Was that enough to show that federal spending has increased enormously? If not, then say why not. If it was, then admit it. Don't try to argue that I'm trying to change the discussion to whether or not you're a statist, which you admitted by describing a 20% increase in picayune terms. The argument is whether federal spending has increased, which I have proven through the use of Bureau of Labor Statistics statistics. Now, if I have committed some error in that, then feel free to show me. Don't argue whether I have enough evidence to conclude you're a statist.
~Loyal