[lbo-talk] "Save subprime borrowers, not bloated bankers" by Dean Baker

Jordan Hayes jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com
Wed Aug 22 07:10:32 PDT 2007


Wojtek writes:


> I entered my monthly "rent" or carrying charges (as it is officially
> called) of $568/mo instead of the "default" rent at $1112, leaving
> all other defaults unchanged.

Um, what did you use as the price to compare it to? Wait, you didn't compare it to something that made sense? You, uh, put garbage in and ...


> And guess what answer I got -

A non-sensical answer! Garbage out! Holy smokes, I compared an apple to an orange and GUESS WHAT: APPLES ARE REDDER, AND SMOOTHER! Yes indeed, the Smartest Man In The Universe just jumped out of the airplane with my rucksack.

Woj, I hope they don't let you play with numbers at work.

/jordan



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