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"There are two kinds of statistics,
the kind you look up and the kind you make up."

by:	Rex Stout (1886-1975) American author
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Categories:	Economics, Politics, Truth
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I'm 99.314% sure a lot of the statistics you look up are based on a manipulation to facilitate a desired outcome (-; the rest you made up ;-) -- Mike, Norwalk
I heard 87% of all statistics were made up on the spot, 94% of the time :) -- J Carlton, Calgary
Very clever, Mike and Carlton. A fine example is the report from the CBO on the Obama Health Care bill. The information "fed" to them was false, so the final cost analysis figures are totally inaccurate. The bill as implemented will bankrupt this country. I am 100% sure of that and I believe that is a true statistic. -- Carol, Georgia
The made up statistics are like when our loopy Vice President tells about all the jobs created by Obama and the gang. -- jim k, Austin,tx
Unfortunately, in the vast majority of cases the stats we look up are made up. -- RBESRQ
What percentage of the time is stimulus money actually destructive inflation? Answer: 100% of the time. Way to go Ben Bernanke you Freaking Gangster. 600B?...Criminal! -- J Carlton, Calgary
I like the comments! ;-) A good statistician can make a graph go up or down -- just tell him which way you want it to go and he can do it with the same numbers just arranged in a different way. I know -- that is what I do! ;-) -- E Archer, NYC
Why the hell can't that FKing Botox Bch Pelosi just BE a statistic???????? (Along with the rest of the Regime for that matter) -- L.P., Kirkland, WA
Statistics are like polls. They show what the person that collected the info believes. -- warren, olathe

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