tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34120288.post5419437086456838913..comments2023-06-06T12:42:51.141-04:00Comments on Herald Watch: A city by any other name would be as poorHenry Louis Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34120288.post-20048831193269774462007-02-26T20:37:00.000-05:002007-02-26T20:37:00.000-05:00Show me where in the post I pitch "a pissy fit".I ...Show me where in the post I pitch "a pissy fit".<BR/><BR/>I don't have to propose a solution to problem I'm not sure exists. By the way, this blog is about journalism not public policy. But you can't have journalists advocating for public policy while using bogus stats.<BR/><BR/>Is it not true that Ms. Menendez used city statistics and applied them to the county and the region in general?<BR/><Henry Louis Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34120288.post-91766403691036335942007-02-26T20:11:00.000-05:002007-02-26T20:11:00.000-05:00I never said my sweeping generalizations were any ...I never said my sweeping generalizations were any better or worse than yours and Menendez's.<BR/><BR/>I'm not arguing that "the machine is broken." I'm saying you should not complain that Menendez thinks its broken because in the end your position is no better.<BR/><BR/>Rather, I think the important thing is to make the machine better than it is. Yes, maybe it's utopian to raise all yachts to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34120288.post-86705411302651598552007-02-26T16:48:00.000-05:002007-02-26T16:48:00.000-05:00Anonymous,Let's take your points one at a time. F...Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>Let's take your points one at a time. First of all you'd have to explain why a rising tide that floats some boats more than others is not desirable or why it's destructive. If everybody is better off this year than they were last year why does it matter that some people's improvement is more than others? It strikes me as utopian wishful thinking that everyone’s boat should Henry Louis Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34120288.post-87946161421348114242007-02-26T12:56:00.000-05:002007-02-26T12:56:00.000-05:00Henry Gomez: Great response.I don't disagree with ...Henry Gomez: <BR/><BR/>Great response.<BR/><BR/>I don't disagree with your reading of the Brookings report. However, it seems that we disagree on some fundamental ideas about what are good and "not good" economic trends.<BR/><BR/>You treat a rising tide that lifts yachts more than other boats as not a bad thing. I’d argue that any such tide is never a good thing. A tide the raised all boats (Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34120288.post-65875999162803237632007-02-26T02:40:00.000-05:002007-02-26T02:40:00.000-05:00Oh and anonymous, check out my related post from t...Oh and anonymous, check out my related post from the same day at babalublog.comHenry Louis Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34120288.post-16316209470833971742007-02-26T02:29:00.000-05:002007-02-26T02:29:00.000-05:00Anonymous, I looked over the report and I have to ...Anonymous, I looked over the report and I have to disagree with your assertion that it generally supports her claims. Her claims are that the rich are getting richer and the middle class is shrinking because they are dropping into the ranks of the poor.<BR/><BR/>The data in the brookings report certainly shows that that the rich are getting richer relative to the poor. I never denied that. Henry Louis Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34120288.post-69090865491449580262007-02-26T01:34:00.000-05:002007-02-26T01:34:00.000-05:00I am not defending Ana Menendez's failure to be mo...I am not defending Ana Menendez's failure to be more precise, accurate, and clear in her use of the income statistics. Nor am I defending any socialist, communisit, anti-hispanic, anti-Cuban, pro-Castro, anti-democracy, or anti-U.S. positions. I'm a good, Catholic, democracy-loving Cuban-American boy. However, her claims are clearly supported by statistical data at a COUNTY wide level. For an Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34120288.post-3276124383586694142007-02-22T12:31:00.000-05:002007-02-22T12:31:00.000-05:00Does anybody actually take this "Menendez" person ...Does anybody actually take this "Menendez" person seriously? I see she's still going without the accent required by her surname in Spanish (and it is Spanish, not English). Too ethnic, perhaps? Or maybe too Cuban? Surely the paper wouldn't dare prevent her from using it, what with pluralism and all. If I want an opinion, on anything, she's definitely not the one I'd go to. But yes, I supppose Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34120288.post-20191665294927512172007-02-22T12:28:00.000-05:002007-02-22T12:28:00.000-05:00Yes, you absolutely nailed Ana Menéndez on her sta...Yes, you absolutely nailed Ana Menéndez on her statistical sleight of hand. Of course, you know what her real agenda is: the same one espoused by those who try to paint pre-Castro Cuba in similar colors; the justification of Statism. We know what fruits it bore in Cuba, and Ms. Menéndez desires no less for Miami/Dade County.Manuel A.Tellecheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637085685599554349noreply@blogger.com