On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:34:28 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:

On Nov 28, 12:11*am, Hawke wrote:

Well I call that illogical. If the biggest companies don't pay very high
rates it's logical to think none of the other ones do either. But I know
from numerous sources that the truth is the U.S. has high corporate tax
rates on the books but in reality the U.S. is near the bottom of real
tax rates, that's the rate they actually pay. Look it up if you don't
know that is true.


No it is not logical to believe that international companies pay the
same rate as small local companies.


I mean if you
can't even trust that I can see a chart on TV and tell you what it said
then you won't believe anything.

I want citations because you make errors is reporting what you saw. A
good example is using the largest 280 companies as a sample for all
companies. In other words I do not trust you to see the details that
color what you see.

It's called a sample, Dan. If 50% of the biggest companies in the U.S.
are paying low taxes that should apply to the entire population. Don't
you know the first thing about statistics?

It so happens that I do know a lot about statistics. I learned
statistics at a college and have used statistics throughout my
engineering career. I have several computer programs that are useful
in using statistics as well as at least three text books on
statistics. So I suspect that I know a great deal more about
statistics than you do. You need to take a course in statistics and
pay special attention to what is said about samples. Because you are
dead wrong in believing that a sample of only large companies
represents the total population.


Hack doesn't need an education in statistics. He believes that
everyone else needs an education in statistics, but not himself,
because he's the Hack.



You may not be like Gunner, but you do feel free to use questionable
data.

That's bull pucky.

No that is a fact proven by your belief that a sample of large
companies represents all companies.

Dan

Hawke