Tipsy Topsy Turvy Wingnut Logic Swervy 0

This evening, I attended a forum for city council candidates so as to show my support (not that anyone knows or cares who I am) for one of the candidates.

During the question and answer session, someone asked a question about taxes.*

One of the candidates (who if he were the only candidate on the ballot would cause me to miss my first election in years) decided to discuss economic policy. I did not record his remarks, but I will paraphrase them to the best of my ability.

Right now, the banks have mucho money in their reserves and they aren’t giving loans. Businesses which are profitable are making lots of money, but they are storing it up and not creating jobs.

Therefore, we must cut taxes so that banks will grant loans and businesses will create jobs.

I am a blogger of small mind.

I do not understand how, if the banks and businesses aren’t granting loans and creating jobs now, giving them more money to hoard will motivate them to start doing so.

I searched this article on logical fallacies but could not find this in the classification, probably because it’s completely illogical.

It boils down to

If A then NOT B,

Therefore if MORE A then B.

I guess I will call it the contradictory fallacy, as illogic is fundamental to wingnut logic.

I need a drink.

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*He asked whether, given that senior citizens (God I hate that term–I look forward proudly to being a cantankerous old man; with any luck, I’m already there) have no need of schools, can some consideration be given to reducing the portion of their property taxes that pay for schools.

I respond, who the hell helped pay for his schooling when he was in public schools?

Public schools are one way to pay it forward, for Pete’s sake.

Give me a break.