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Learning not to trust the All-In podcast

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342 points paulpauper | 3 comments | 06 Nov 24 17:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.672s | source
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xrd ◴[06 Nov 24 18:47 UTC] No.42067237[source]▶
The irony of people like this misinterpreting government data as they orchestrate and cheer on a change in government.
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1. toephu2 ◴[06 Nov 24 21:49 UTC] No.42070011[source]▶
What government data did they misinterpret?

They correctly stated that the job numbers always get revised down not up.

They also correctly stated that the GDP growth in the last quarter was largely driven by government spend, and if you take out the private sector, there was little growth.

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2. thinkharderdev ◴[06 Nov 24 22:24 UTC] No.42070464[source]▶
> They also correctly stated that the GDP growth in the last quarter was largely driven by government spend, and if you take out the private sector, there was little growth.

The entire article is pointing out quite clearly that this, in fact, not correct.

> They correctly stated that the job numbers always get revised down not up.

This is also demonstrably false with like 5 minutes of research. This is all a matter of public record https://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesnaicsrev.htm

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3. avs733 ◴[07 Nov 24 00:57 UTC] No.42072040[source]▶
But if you already believe it the facts can still support it even if they are wrong. They feel right.