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> That along with the bombshell assertion without evidence that the inheritance tax is the greatest burdens companies face today removes any credibility from th
by skue 9y ago
> That along with the bombshell assertion without evidence that the inheritance tax is the greatest burdens companies face today removes any credibility from the rest of the article.
You disagree with one point [1] and question another, so for that reason you discount the entire article? If you can't align new information with your existing mental model, then the new information must be completely wrong?
This attitude has become so pervasive and so pernicious. Somehow even information has become partisan.
[1] BTW, do you have enough familiarity with Germany to make this comparison, or are you holding the author to a higher standard than yourself?
- strict9 9y agoThere is at least one enormous falsehood in the article, and in another, a large political assertion made as though everyone agrees with it. Of course I'm holding the author to a higher standard. Mine is a comment on HN, the other is an article by a purported expert on a specific topic. Information isn't partisan, but it inevitably ends up used for partisan purposes.
- jcampion 9y agoI think this puts into light the fact that the article doesn't cite sources for its affirmations, thus making it worth as much as an opinion piece, and allowing other people to interject and oppose their own view points. I know this piece comes from HBR, and the author probably has done his share of research before writing, but still.