Obamacult wrote:Sociobiology wrote:
you want me to respond to a blog, critiquing a book I did not use as a source? Why?Sociobiology wrote: I challenge you to source your claim.
I can list numbers I pull out of my ass as well.
I don't, because I know what evidence is.
Also you leave out important things like change in GDP, what counts as welfare spending, how much has the population changed in that time, ect.
My sources are the Bureau of Labor statistics CPI indexand governmentspending.com
A blog that gives no sources and a list of CPI index numbers are not a source of your claims.
I am not the one making the claim YOU ARE, it is up to you to back it up with reliable data.
reliable relevant empirical data, not hearsay, not blogs claiming there own research wi not published paper, not unsourced pictures you found in your bubble,
reliable relevant empirical data, and it is up to you to demonstrate this.
I am trying to teach you how empirical arguments work, how productive conversations proceed. Use this opportunity to learn, because I will not waste my time arguing with straw.