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kentuck

(111,095 posts)
Sat Oct 13, 2012, 07:00 PM Oct 2012

Romney and Ryan are entitled to their own opinions...

But they are not entitled to their own facts.

Somebody has to call them on it if the media refuses. That is what Joe Biden did the other night. If he had to laugh at some of the nonsense and made-up horseshit, then so be it.

They cannot be permitted to lie any longer about their "trickle down" scam. It has almost destroyed this nation with debt and deficits. The truth of the matter is that we never had a problem with debt or deficits until Ronald Reagan saved the dinner napkin of Arthur Laffer and made the little chart that was drawn on the back the cornerstone of his economic policies. We have put up with this crap for 30 years. It is time to end it.

When Reagan took office, our debt was less than $1 trillion dollars. This was after all our wars, from the Revolution, two World Wars, Vietnam, and War on Poverty. This was after the Great Society, Medicare, and Social Security. Less than $1 trillion dollars debt. Now we are about to hit $16 trillion dollars and it has not been spent on new social programs. It has been spent on the war machine and taxcuts for the wealthy, primarily. It was a scam, folks.

No more lies about if we cut taxes for the wealthy, it will bring in more revenues to our Treasury. No more lies about if we cut their taxes, it will create more jobs. No more lies about trickling down on everyone and lifting all boats. It never happened. It will never happen.

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Romney and Ryan are entitled to their own opinions... (Original Post) kentuck Oct 2012 OP
They will not stop fabricating falsehoods and the media will not stop them... rfranklin Oct 2012 #1
 

rfranklin

(13,200 posts)
1. They will not stop fabricating falsehoods and the media will not stop them...
Sat Oct 13, 2012, 07:02 PM
Oct 2012

And it is looking like the voters are too fucking stupid to connect the dots.

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