12 Biggest Right-Wing Lies About America
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You know I don't think of myself as an irritable person but points 5 and 6 make me grind my teeth. The "we're not living beyond our means" bit is bullshit. The author doesn't seem to understand what "Debt" is. Debt is when you are buying more than you can pay for, that's what debt is, that's what living beyond your means is, and that's what we're doing. His argument that americans are "undertaxed" as if there's a mythical tax number, and therefore the debt isn't real, is the kind of reasoning that makes professors fail students. If you want to increase your means, fine, but don't claim that because your means "should be higher" your debt isn't debt, it is.
Then there's point number six that somehow the evil bankers caused the crisis, that somehow they made it all bad and the world exploded. I'm not even sure where to begin dissembling this, but somebody apparently needs to because it shows up far too much.
These two fallacies(or downright lies) pretty much demonstrate why I can't consider myself a liberal(that and their appalling self righteousness) get rid of the stupid lies and bad logic, just be the party that thinks rights are good, and I'd join on.
Originally Posted by SmarterthanYou
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