Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren called for Dimon's resignation from the New York Fed's board last week, and Sen. Bernie Sanders has used the uproar to promote the idea of overhauling the Federal Reserve.
Bandwagon Examples. Bandwagon is a type of logical fallacy-an argument based on reasoning that is unsound. Bandwagon argues that one must accept or reject an argument because of everyone else who accepts it or rejects it-similar to peer pressure. Examples of Bandwagon: 1. You believe that those who receive welfare should submit to a drug test, but your friends tell you that idea is crazy and they don't accept it.
Fri, 05/02/2008 - 14:37 â Chris McCarthy. Meaning: to support a cause only because it is popular to do so. If you âjump on the bandwagonâ, you join a growing movement in support of someone or something when that movement is seen to be about to become successful. The history of this expression can be explained in two parts, starting with the word âbandwagonâ itself... Phineas T. Barnum â often known as P.T. Barnum â was a world-famous showman and circus owner. It was he who coined the word âbandwagonâ, simply as the name for the wagon that carried a circus band. The first usage of this word can be found in his autobiography âThe Life of P.T. Barnum, Written by Himselfâ, which he wrote in 1855.