We Need Opinions Based on Facts, Not Fiction
December 12, 2011 at 11:34 AM
By MIKE BROWN
Decades ago, conservatives began constructing a propaganda machine based on the premise that "If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it." They created think tanks to create the lies, bought up media outlets and created an army of mouthpieces to bombard the public with their false propaganda.
That army was well represented in the December 1 Star, with a third consecutive right-wing editorial hit job on President Obama and five letters from righties.
Falsehoods by the editorial writers included: (1) It was the Democrats fault the congressional supercommittee failed (No - Republicans refused to ask the top 0.2% of Americans to share in our sacrifice to rebuild our economy).
(2) Republicans offered $300 - 500 billion in tax increases, while Democrats wouldn't compromise (False - the Republican proposal slashed taxes/revenue substantially more by making the Bush tax cuts on the 1% wealthiest permanent; Democrats offered to trim entitlements if Republicans would increase taxes on the top 0.2%).
(3) Obama has only a 2-3% GDP growth while President Reagan had a 7% growth because he cut taxes and spending (False - GDP started growing under Reagan only after he raised taxes when he discovered the tax cuts weren't growing the economy. He increased government spending and quadrupled our debt).
Other notable GOP lies include: the stimulus didn't create any private sector jobs; tax cuts for the rich create jobs; and OWS protesters are just spoiled, dirty, Marxist, bored kids.
Our letters will continue to spotlight and smack down GOP lies with facts.
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