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Old 03-04-2013, 12:08 PM   #54
Jim in CT
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Originally Posted by spence View Post
Huh? I think you're misreading ScottW's post.


There are two ways to interpret one element of the data in the chart. That I jumped to one over the other has for some reason consumed you...so much so that you're missing the point.

The cartoon is intentionally misleading.

-spence
"Huh? I think you're misreading ScottW's post. "

Guilty as charged.

"There are two ways to interpret one element of the data in the chart. "

The one way that anyone who understands numbers would interpret it, is to say spending is 40% more than it used to be. You tried to use your interpretation, whatever it was, to refute that. You were wrong.
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