09-08-2015, 04:08 PM
(09-08-2015, 04:06 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I'm curious who this is from. I think I know, but I'm just curious.
Also, I don't actually want to see this from a candidate. Any information they provide here is crap to me because of the bias in the numbers. For one, estimates are estimates. Looking at scenarios like this in a vacuum do little good. For instance, the estimates that showed a decrease in the budget deficit from the ACA. Estimates for proposals don't mean much. The other part of that, and the reason I don't like seeing stuff like that from candidates is the statistical bias of self-interest. Let an independent, non-partisan organization do their own talking about the numbers and point me to their report. Don't give me your interpretation of it.
When a candidate does what you have displayed here it isn't really any more specific because all you're getting is what the candidate is trying to sell to you. You don't have all of the information and you really don't have any more worthwhile information thank you would if they had just said "I am proposing a flat 14.5% income tax rate for businesses and individuals that will help balance the budget and increase out economic growth."
It was Rand Paul, fwiw.
I'll admit it's wordly, and it may not be completely specific. Without arguing the merits of the proposal itself, I will stick to my belief that it's way more specific than anything Sanders has offered up.
