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4y ago
I’m surprised the article presents an argument that welfare spending has increased from 1980 ($1,015) to 2016 ($3,419) as if that’s a big increase without even mentioning inflation. Using the BLS CPI calculator: https://data.bls.
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6y ago
It may be easier to build, but that difference is quite small and not likely something that would have influenced the design of a scientific calculator. Many people have found RPN to be a superior user interface, and that’s likely the “why”
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7y ago
I agree that typical debates are far from perfect, but NY Times and many other media outlets are reporting a very biased slant on this topic. There’s effectively only one voice on the debate stage. We’ve seen this many times before. A carto