This is an old cliche but I think it is the motto of Republicans these days.
If you repeat a lie often enough it becomes the truth.
If you repeat a lie often enough it becomes the truth.
This is an old cliche but I think it is the motto of Republicans these days.
If you repeat a lie often enough it becomes the truth.
Dems lie and lie and lie. The reason they get away with it over and over is because their constituency is too young to have experienced the previous time they spouted a particular lie. Like P.T. Barnum said, "There's a sucker born every second." Haven't you noticed that most older people (30-70) are conservative? Thats because they learned the fact: they have been lied to all these years by Dems. Republicans can't get away with lying. Their constituents have heard them all from the Dems already.
I honestly can't think of any. Why don't you go first? Give use a few examples of widely repeated "Dem talking points", cite the source, and then explain the inherent lie. Something comparable to "Reducing taxes on the wealthiest individuals creates a rising tide of prosperity that raises even the smallest boats" (Reagan et al), or "Obamacare is setting up death panels to kill Grandma" (countless Teabag/Repugs) would be convincing.Seriously. Name me a Dem talking point or liberal spin and I'll show you the lie. Well its either lying or ignorance anyway...
Two things here...
1) Why do they call medicare and medicaid health -care- plans? The are health -insurance- plans. Big difference there.
2) Is there any proof that tax cuts for the upper 2% causes job creation? I've never seen it. I have seen tax increase on the middle class drive them into poverty.
#2--There is quite a bit of evidence to the contrary--Upper-bracket tax cuts reduce jobs.
That has been the Repb. motto for quite sometime......... WMD?This is an old cliche but I think it is the motto of Republicans these days.
If you repeat a lie often enough it becomes the truth.
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Seriously. Name me a Dem talking point or liberal spin and I'll show you the lie. Well its either lying or ignorance anyway...
2) Is there any proof that tax cuts for the upper 2% causes job creation? I've never seen it. I have seen tax increase on the middle class drive them into poverty.
ideally it could. Supply-side theory that the ruling class will use the extra money to invest in capital goods, which would be great. Instead though they just pocket it, or toss it into the stock market or other risky investments, etc. If we were serious about using supply-side ec to benefit the poor and the working class we would make these tax cuts contingent upon the beneficiaries actually using it to invest in capital. But we're not, and the theory is presented mainly as a hoax that allows the tax-dollars of the non-rich to flow into the hands of the rich.
I would submit that the idea that the high-income tax cuts implemented by supply-side ec actually stimulates the economy enough to overcome those drastic tax cuts and raise revenue is the single biggest whopper of the last few decades, and, hence, possibly one of the greatest acts of mass-deception in all of history. Our historians will be climbing over one another to present their differing theories as to how this worked so well, and more generally how the American public was divested by their rulers of any systemic idea of social class.
In a perfect world the money would be used for job creation and stimulation of the economy. However, the rich either invest it, stash it in offshore accounts, or purchase pricey items for their estates.I thought that this money was for job creation not for investing
In a perfect world the money would be used for job creation and stimulation of the economy. However, the rich either invest it, stash it in offshore accounts, or purchase pricey items for their estates.
I thought that this money was for job creation not for investing
I tend to think they just stash it away altogether, then deal with "investing" or "job creation" when they've figured out a way to make more money to hoard.
The Republican party is trying to bring back the Feudal System where the few and the privileged HAVE and the many exist JUST to serve the "few"! Pretty amazing for a country that was never supposed to have an "aristocracy!"