drakegaming

Too bad the average republican candidate doesn't share your views.

Economists are actually fairly split on the issue. The general consensus seems to be it will have a minimal effect, though there is no consensus on direction.

You are correct though on the 'you don't want people to eat' argument, that is an appeal to emotion.

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The problem is that you can find effects that rise to the level of statistical significance solely as a matter of chance

This is can be corrected for very easily.