Can You Say "Post Hoc?"

Advocates of reduced government spending will commit a serious effort if they fall for the trap of arguing directly with this report.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/27/state-funding-cuts_n_885438.html

Instead, they should point out that the report's major premise commits an elementary logical fallacy, the post hoc, ergo proctor hoc fallacy. In English this means "after this, therefore because of this."

"After I broke my leg, I could not play the violin; therefore, I could not play the violin because I broke my leg."

Unfortunately, neither politicians nor the public care much about logic.