This is not an argument based on logic, science or philosophy, but an aesthetic one.

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This is a reasonable argument based on irrefutable laws of supply and demand, but other factors exist that affect the supply of currency in the economy.

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In other words, goes this argument from a company now based on delivering services, cloud computing is really about the services.

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Probably the best argument against supporting Johnson is this: supporting a candidate based on a single-issue alliance is not as effective as supporting a cause.

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The argument, based on the bitter experience of 2009, went like this: Better to have 54 or 55 Democrats who might actually want to get something done than to worry about building a super-majority on the "strength" of conservative members who enthusiastically support unnecessary wars, free trade and misguided domestic economic policies.

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After all, even retrospective calculations are based on choices about which costs and benefits to include, and it is unlikely that opposing parties to this argument will ever agree on that.

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