tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post6868190691704970284..comments2023-10-26T00:08:26.205+01:00Comments on The Boiling Frog: The Tautology Quote Of The DayTheBoilingFroghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00791961503315586243noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-8058007761838066032011-01-17T15:18:37.959+00:002011-01-17T15:18:37.959+00:00@WfW You're right, unfortunately the electorat...@WfW You're right, unfortunately the electorate don't know their history which is why they continue to vote for the same 'solution' in hope of a different outcome.<br /><br />@Anon Thanks for the link, I'd not seen thatTheBoilingFroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00791961503315586243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-64506211887796744062011-01-17T08:10:41.020+00:002011-01-17T08:10:41.020+00:00WSJ article from last year which bears out this as...WSJ article from last year which bears out this assertion of economic illiteracy on the left --<br /><br /><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703561604575282190930932412.html" rel="nofollow">Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?<br />Self-identified liberals and Democrats do badly on questions of basic economics.</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-3360048223557285762011-01-16T21:40:31.772+00:002011-01-16T21:40:31.772+00:00"So by raising the higher rate of tax on the ..."So by raising the higher rate of tax on the rich, tax avoidance schemes are implemented which reduces the overall tax take."<br /><br />But then as you go on to say, Labour are intrisically economically illiterate. The only problem is the electorate don't know their history which proves the 'cloth cap brigade' cannot handle money!<br /><br />"intrisically economically illiterate", I suppose means, in plain English, "arithmatically challenged" or "brain-dead"?WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.com