The Politics of False Correlation – Regulations and Job Growth
ecthompsonmd
April 8, 2013
This is an excellent example of garbage journalism. You have Greta Van Susteren arguing that small businesses are being strangled by overwhelming regulations. Okay. Where’s the data? Instead of arguing the data, Greta Van Susteren simply tells Paul Krugman to ask small businesses why they aren’t hiring. What’s wrong with that? What is wrong with simply asking a business owner about his business behaviors? Well, most of the time, business owners have not sat down and thought about why they do the things that they do. Secondly, many business owners do not delineate between federal, state and local regulations. They see
