Economist calls Neil Cavuto an "asshole", correctly, on-air after Cavuto's insult

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AFL-CIO's chief economist Ron Blackwell, who was making the point that spending money is a fairly well-tested way of spurring economic stimulus, didn't take well to a slight from deficit hawk Neil Cavuto. The conversation between the two was already pretty cantankerous when Cavuto asked where Blackwell actually had earned his degree: "A baking school?" Cavuto wondered. "Where are you cooking up these numbers?"

Blackwell proceeded to call Cavuto an "asshole"... on live air.

Ron Blackwell: Why don't you let me finish my thought.

Neil Cavuto: You never answer a basic question.

Ron Blackwell: I'm answering you right now.

Neil Cavuto: Why will spending work?

Ron Blackwell: These programs created jobs but not net creation. we lost more jobs because of the recession than were created by these programs.

Neil Cavuto: Wait a minute, Ron, you're the chief economist there. Where did you get your degree? A baking school? Where are you cooking up these numbers?

Ron Blackwell: Oh that's an insult. You're a joker. You're an asshole.