Posted on 11/05/2012 10:36:38 AM PST by jazusamo
This country is at a historic crossroads, and the path we choose can determine our future far beyond the next four years. Our children and grandchildren may someday bless us or curse us for what we do this Tuesday. Against that background, it is painful to see the petty talking points and gross misconceptions that seem to dominate this year's election campaign.
Take the question of jobs. How many times have we heard about how many jobs have been added during the Obama administration? Yet few people bother to find out whether these are net additions to jobs — which is what is crucial.
The government can always increase some jobs, either directly by hiring more people or indirectly by policies that increase employment in particular industries or regions. But the real question is whether the government's actions create more jobs than they destroy — that is, whether there is any net addition to jobs.
Yet who in the media even asks that question?
Instead, they focus on the unemployment rate. But people who have given up looking for a job are not counted as unemployed. The proportion of the working age population that is not working is higher now than it has been in many years.
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Obama F
Hey there. Good to see ya. :)
Sowell is my favorite conservative author. He’s a good guy with a great mind.
I would have liked to hear that from Romney during the debate.
” Sowell is my favorite conservative author.”
Same here, by a large margin.
Wisdom is at a premium these days.
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“Yet who in the media even asks that question?”
They have no reason to ask it, they have no use for the question and no use for the answer
Sowell asks, “Yet who in the media even asks that question?”
Political campaigns make obvious what might’ve been merely apparent otherwise. The news media confuses opinion with conviction, naratives with reality and feelings with belief, fairness with morality.
The result is that questions are not only not asked, they never occur in the minds of the media talking heads any more than a question of does one and one equal two.
Since opinions, naratives, feelings and fairness are such shallow waters real depth of understanding is never conveyed by the news media although more people are exposed to more “news” from more outlets than ever before.
“Yet who in the media even asks that question?”
They have no reason to ask it, they have no use for the question and no use for the answer
Another good one from Dr. Sowell. Thanks for the ping jaz.
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