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craigepo · 03-15-2010, 17:23

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RE: your thumbnail concerning growing income disparity.

Having looked at your posted thumbnail, it is apparent that income disparity, specifically the difference between the bottom 20% and very-top bracket earners, is growing at an alarming rate. I noted that the graph began with the year 1967, approximately two years after LBJ and the Democrats won landslide victories, and began the programs under his "Great Society".

Question: Is it conceivable that the "Great Society" programs contributed significantly to this growing income disparity, or would one be engaging in the logical fallacy of "post hoc ergo procter hoc"(after this therefore because of this)?

03-15-2010, 17:23	#17
craigepo Quiet Professional Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Southern Mo Posts: 1,541	Nmap: RE: your thumbnail concerning growing income disparity. Having looked at your posted thumbnail, it is apparent that income disparity, specifically the difference between the bottom 20% and very-top bracket earners, is growing at an alarming rate. I noted that the graph began with the year 1967, approximately two years after LBJ and the Democrats won landslide victories, and began the programs under his "Great Society". Question: Is it conceivable that the "Great Society" programs contributed significantly to this growing income disparity, or would one be engaging in the logical fallacy of "post hoc ergo procter hoc"(after this therefore because of this)? __________________ "And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his gods?" Thomas Babington Macaulay "One man with courage makes a majority." Andrew Jackson "Well Mr. Carpetbagger. We got something in this territory called the Missouri boat ride." Josey Wales
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