The Democrats’ Big Lie

You see it in Presidential statements, in Bill Clinton’s pro-Obama ad, and all over the place:

“Deregulation and tax cuts are what got us into this mess in the first place”.

It’s a Big Lie, and they’re repeating it over and over and over, in hopes that they can lop off not only the low-information voters, but maybe a few “moderates” and “Independents” who don’t pay much attention beyond the sound bites.

The melt-down in the financial industry was caused by the socialization of risk and privatization of reward – by the government.

The melt-down had nothing to do with tax cuts. Democrats say that the deficit was exacerbated by the Bush tax cuts – which is true, if you believe that spending is inviolate and must be paid for rather than cut.

“But non-discretionary spending is, well, non-discretionary”. Only if you don’t have the guts to change the laws.

Long story short: the Democrats are lying to you, in hopes that enough of you are uninformed or incurious enough to buy their BS.

There’s really no more artful way to put it. And I’m getting tired of trying to be artful about it.

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September 14, 2012

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4 responses to “The Democrats’ Big Lie”

Seflores

September 14, 2012

Unfortunately, the Romney campaign believes that this information is self-evident and if only the media will do its job and explain this…
http://reason.com/blog/2012/09/13/terrifying-real-per-capita-federal-spend
As we learned the other day, the “media” are really just Coordinating a Narrative that it’s all George Bush, er a make that Romneys fault.
Tax “receipts” -actual revenue- increased during W’s term. Spending increased much more what with a war or two and the go pedal to the mat on domestic spending. Then Barry doubled down (hmm-think he doubled down when he had split 8’s and the dealer was showing a 2 at his four Americans dead Vegas! Baby! fundraiser Tuesday?) on the idea that government spending would recreate the CCC and the WPA and we could build another Hoover Dam upstream from the old to get workin’ people back to work.
Romney needs to get explaining how his revenue and spending programs will be different and how it will work better. But be like Barry: talk, give examples and walk away not answering questions because unlike Barry, Mitt is the smartest guy in the room. These Narrative Coordinators have forfeited their right to ask questions.
Terry

September 14, 2012

Did you ever notice that any failure of any system can be described as being due to “lack of regulation”?
Adrian

September 14, 2012

Well, as someone that was no big fan of Bush, as he was hardly a fiscal conservative.

One thing is obvious that no lie can obfuscate (even for those of the most ignorant or with the shortest attention span)…OUR government regulation, spending, growth and consumption is the greatest contributor to our economic mess. The Obama administration and our legislature didn’t just continue the same failed economic policies, but increased many times over.

Hmmm….food and fuel prices at an all time high, economic growth and foreign relations at an all time low. How anyone cannot see a need for a change in those charged with serving us in Washington come November is far beyond me.
Scott Hughes

September 14, 2012

” the Democrats are lying to you”

Evident by their moving lips.