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Reason #45 to VOTE FOR Obama/Biden


Because a survey of over 500 economists concluded that they prefer Barack Obama more than 2:1.  And that information was collected before this past week’s financial crises occurred.

The story about the survey is here.  Some background:

At considerable personal expense, I [Scott Adams] commissioned a survey of over 500 economists, drawn from a subset of the members of the American Economic Association, a nonpolitical group, some of whose members had agreed in advance to be surveyed on economic questions.

The results do not represent the economic association’s position. The survey was managed by The OSR Group, a respected national public opinion and marketing research company.

And here’s even more background from Adams, so you can decide for yourself just how much to eschew the survey.  There are several important notes he mentions that you may want to take into account.

The general result:

Overall, 59 percent of our economists say Obama would be best for the economy long term, with 31 percent picking McCain, and 8 percent saying there would be no difference.

FYI, Greg Mankiw, President Bush’s former head of the Council on Economic Affairs, is the head of the AEA.  He’s written several blog posts and op-eds related to this year’s presidential candidates and economics and did a brief post about the survey.  Here’s one from this summer in which Mankiw argues that “On the issue of dividend taxation, Barack Obama may be the candidate with the best chance of preserving George Bush’s legacy.”

On November 4, vote for Obama/Biden.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 12:05 pm September 21st, 2008 in 57ReasonsObamaBiden, Barack Obama, Economy, Politics, WH2008 

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3 Responses to “Reason #45 to VOTE FOR Obama/Biden”

  1. 1 Carole Cohen on September 21st, 2008 7:32 pm

    fascinating and good stuff thanks Jill I never would have found this myself :-)

  2. 2 Ladalang on September 21st, 2008 7:35 pm

    Obama is a Redistributionist much like Chavez in Venezuela.

    Obama’s concept of “market-oriented” works out to be that money is taken from some people at the point of a gun and then spent according to the free choice of those who are given the loot.

    http://mises.org/story/3087

    Here’s a lengthy article on why Obaba’s plan is based on ignorance. I hope you’ll take the time to educate yourself.

    Oh and when you take a room full of economist that don’t have the best interest of the county in mind and will continue to support bail outs, mail investments and a fiat monetary system, of course they agree with his plan, they will continue to profit from it.

    You tend to use the argument that the majority are for something to justify its validity. This isn’t justification if the majority you are referring to are corrupt.

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