The statement that Congress passed a tax bill and two months later a recession began, so the bill must have been poor policy is an example of

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The statement is an example of the fallacy that correlation is the same as causation because it assumes that one event (passing a tax bill) caused another event (a recession) without providing any evidence of a causal relationship. Correlation between two events does not always imply causation.

The Statement That Congress Passed a Tax Bill and Two