tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11027528911364475.post3290786347813357974..comments2024-02-18T21:10:05.205-08:00Comments on EconomPic: Stimulus Projected to Save 3.675mm Jobs... 3mm Too Little?Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07946497592651234440noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11027528911364475.post-90075795183993829372009-01-12T08:53:00.000-08:002009-01-12T08:53:00.000-08:00ha... i like it.my problem has more to do with the...ha... i like it.<BR/><BR/>my problem has more to do with the fact that their projected jobs savings don't equal their expected job losses.<BR/><BR/>this is like saying, you think your neighbor will die due to a fire that needs a "projected" 1000 gallons of water to put out, so lets splash 500 gallons on it.<BR/><BR/>in other words, the solution is "expected" to failJakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07946497592651234440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11027528911364475.post-61168208255082235692009-01-12T05:58:00.000-08:002009-01-12T05:58:00.000-08:00Simple question: How does one objectively measure...Simple question: How does one objectively measure something that does not happen (job loss)?<BR/><BR/>Does the fact that my next door neighbor didn't die in a house fire last night (which didn't happen) mean I saved his life?<BR/><BR/>Maybe there is some quantum physics here that I'm not understanding.....<BR/><BR/>And, by the way, where's my medal for saving my neighbor's life?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com