When does an explanation become an excuse?

Question

If two groups of people have 2 different ideas of how the economy works best and one is proven wrong much more often then not...

isn't that group's reason for why they were wrong an EXCUSE not an explanation?

Take for example Reaganomics versus Keynesian economics. Historical economic data shows keynesians outperforming supply siders.

In response, cons love to make all these sad excuses. For example they say that under FDR, the economy had nowhere to go but up. Fact is that after the stock market crash of 1929, the economy kept going downhill for FOUR STRAIGHT YEARS. It could have definitely kept tanking for alot longer.

Another EXCUSE they use is well it was all WWII spending. Again, the fact is the economy grew by 88.14% from 32' to 41' (WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE WWII). No other president saw that kind of growth. Not even close.

Answer 1

Simple fact is that you can NOT give the wealthy all the money and expect it will "trickle down" to the poor.
Wealthy ppl dont shop at wal-mart.

BTW---> the debt clock that was put in time square in 1989 and always progressed forward untill Clinton had been in office for a whole term.
They eventualy turned off after it started rolling backwards at $100/sec in 2000.
Now it is running out of space!

Answer 2

An explanation becomes an excuse when the other side doesn't accept the explanation.

Answer 3

you cant expect everything to happen perfectly.if there are any excuses you need to give some explanations to understand why that person has asked for the excuse

Answer 4

When it is given unsolicited.

Answer 5

when you need to defend yourself.

Answer 6

When you say " yeah but."