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Skriven 2005-11-12 06:25:25 av John Hull (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 16152 av EARL CROASMUN (1:275/311)
Ärende: Fiscal Responsibility
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EARL CROASMUN -> BOB SAKOWSKI wrote:
 ->> Sorry Earl, but the "life satisfaction" terminology is just so much
 ->> horseshit and pretty much tells anyone all they need to know about the
 ->> study in question.

 EC> Why so?  Did you read the research?  The authors are Swiss, and they
 EC> looked at data from 74 countries.  When you ask people how satisfied
 EC> with their lives, and you compare the results over time, you come up
 EC> with a rough index of how satisfied with their lives over time!  It is a
 EC> subjective measurement, but that is what the results relate to: how
 EC> people FEEL about things, rather than whether they are objectively
 EC> healthier, smarter, or whatever.

 ->> Did the number of people in America on January 1, 1945 have a lower
 EC> "life
 ->> satisfaction" function than those, say, on January 1, 1933?

 EC> I cannot imagine anyone saying that the size and power of the federal
 EC> government was the only difference between those two dates.  Maybe you
 EC> could try dates that don't span a World War, such as Jan 1, 1928 versus
 EC> Jan 1, 1939.  The biggest jump in government spending in that general
 EC> period was from 1938 to 1939, until 1941 and preparation for war.  Face
 EC> it, Bob.  People in general are happier with small government than with
 EC> big.

Face it, Earl, Bob isn't happy unless he's posting something that puts the US
in a bad light, especially if its something that conservatives had anything to
do with, even if only marginally.

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