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Fox News guest storms off show after host refuses to accept tax math

Posted on 11/10/17 at 6:33 pm
Posted by iPadThai
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Posted on 11/10/17 at 6:33 pm
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New Policy Institute founder Simon Rosenberg appeared on Fox News and tried to make a point about how the proposed Republican tax plan would actually raise taxes on middle-income families as time passes.

“Over time, a majority of middle-class people will be paying more in taxes rather than less,” he explained.

Fox News host Melissa Francis didn't like the numbers he was using, so she told him they didn't count.

“No, no, I don’t accept that math. It’s static analysis, and I don’t accept static analysis. I only agree with dynamic analysis, because when you cut, the economy’s going to grow."

Static analysis is the method the U.S. Congressional Budget Office uses to project the economic impact of tax policies. Predictably, dynamic analysis is a method used by conservative organizations that rely on an assumption that economic growth will be stimulated by tax cuts which will increase overall tax revenue, despite years of evidence that this does not happen.

At the end of the contentious segment, Francis tried to make a joke about how she and the guest needed to "get a drink sometime," because they can't "fight like this all the time."

Rosenberg was completely over it.

“Melissa, don't worry. I’m never coming back on this show ever again, so it doesn't matter,” Rosenberg said. “Thank you.”

Watch the segment below.

LINK
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 11/10/17 at 6:35 pm to
Again?
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 11/10/17 at 6:35 pm to
lol
Posted by gthog61
Irving, TX
Member since Nov 2009
71001 posts
Posted on 11/10/17 at 6:42 pm to
Static analysis is idiotic.

Sure, tax policy never influences behavior.
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
112639 posts
Posted on 11/10/17 at 6:42 pm to
Static analysis is completely unrealistic.
Posted by Bunyan
He/Him
Member since Oct 2016
20931 posts
Posted on 11/10/17 at 6:44 pm to
She's right, though
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
118233 posts
Posted on 11/10/17 at 6:48 pm to
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Static analysis is completely unrealistic.




Beside the point.


Smart hot chick invites stupid obnoxious fig out for a drink.


Y’all know what happened from there. That’s the story here.


lol demofag
Posted by Cali 4 LSU
GEAUX TIGERS!
Member since Sep 2007
6670 posts
Posted on 11/10/17 at 6:48 pm to
quote:

Rosenberg


What a lil biatch.

Love Melissa though, she doesn't hold back.
Posted by Floating Change Up
Member since Dec 2013
12879 posts
Posted on 11/10/17 at 6:51 pm to
They were both A-holes on that segment.

He never answered the question and acted holier than thou.

She was rude and acted like she is the smartest person in the building.

That doesn't make good television, nor good debate, in my opinion.
Posted by Pinecone Repair
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Member since Nov 2013
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Posted on 11/10/17 at 7:38 pm to
quote:

that rely on an assumption that economic growth will be stimulated by tax cuts which will increase overall tax revenue, despite years of evidence that this does not happen.


Posted by Roberteaux
mandeville
Member since Sep 2009
6210 posts
Posted on 11/10/17 at 7:48 pm to
quote:

that rely on an assumption that economic growth will be stimulated by tax cuts which will increase overall tax revenue, despite years of evidence that this does not happen.


Oh, this is from Salon. Carry on...
Posted by SlapahoeTribe
Tiger Nation
Member since Jul 2012
12444 posts
Posted on 11/10/17 at 7:56 pm to
quote:

dynamic analysis is a method used by conservative organizations that rely on an assumption that economic growth will be stimulated by tax cuts which will increase overall tax revenue, despite years of evidence that this does not happen.


The Bush tax cuts raised revenues to the highest the nation had ever seen up to that point.
Posted by tenderfoot tigah
Red Stick
Member since Sep 2004
11502 posts
Posted on 11/10/17 at 8:04 pm to
Wait so more money in my bank account doesn't mean I can spend the additional money?

Liberal logic fails so hard.
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
30032 posts
Posted on 11/10/17 at 8:20 pm to
Static analysis of anything that includes human variables is almost always wrong, on the other hand, dynamic analysis requires predictive analytics which are just as often wrong.

My problem with American tax policy is it basically never stays the same long enough to truly determine what a particular policy actually does or does not do. We make kneejerk changes and tweaks constantly and never let a single policy pan out. The Trump administration's proposal hurts me but that is based on static numbers, I am all for letting it run for a while and see how it impacts the economy long term. I like the idea of corporate cuts but without engineering the use of that extra money in the corporations pockets I am dubious they won't just sit on it in fear the next administration won't return the rates to the current 35%.
Posted by PsychTiger
Member since Jul 2004
107086 posts
Posted on 11/10/17 at 8:24 pm to
To be fair to the Fox host, Dems have argued that math is racist. Do you want her to be racist?
Posted by Roberteaux
mandeville
Member since Sep 2009
6210 posts
Posted on 11/10/17 at 8:41 pm to
Yep just looked at the article's author's twitter. Complete left wing lunatic
Posted by ChineseBandit58
Pearland, TX
Member since Aug 2005
48076 posts
Posted on 11/10/17 at 8:50 pm to
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Static analysis is the method the U.S. Congressional Budget Office uses to
ensure that no workable economic program can ever pass muster. And has never been witnessed outside the covers of an elementary math book.

quote:

dynamic analysis is a method used
to model how they world actually works. And has been proven to work through the history of economic systems.

So yeah - anybody arguing that dynamic analysis is lower quality than static analysis is substituting arithmetic skills in a theoretical hypothesis for real predictive analysis of how economic systems actually work.



Posted by McChowder
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Member since Dec 2006
5725 posts
Posted on 11/10/17 at 9:04 pm to
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Predictably, dynamic analysis is a method used by conservative organizations that rely on an assumption that economic growth will be stimulated by tax cuts which will increase overall tax revenue, despite years of evidence that this does not happen


Off the top of my head I can think of three major tax decrease policies that generated economic growth which led to significant increases in tax revenue.

I can only think of one time it didnt....and that came during a period of global turmoil, a war on two fronts, a housing bubble exploding slamming banking and financial markets, a terrorist attack which caused the Dow to loose almost %50, several major national disasters and a global recession.

Posted by TBoy
Kalamazoo
Member since Dec 2007
27547 posts
Posted on 11/10/17 at 9:20 pm to
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The Bush tax cuts raised revenues to the highest the nation had ever seen up to that point.


Gee, how do you explain the explosion in the deficit at the same time?
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
Mission Viejo, CA
Member since Mar 2012
73182 posts
Posted on 11/10/17 at 9:22 pm to
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Gee, how do you explain the explosion in the deficit at the same time?
2 wars, medicare part d, etc.
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