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Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)
Mon Aug 8, 2016, 01:44 PM Aug 2016

Wolf just promised that they are going to factcheck the economic speech after the break.

we'll see. hope it's not that ahole Tom foreskin, or whatever his name is.....something like that

they can start by putting the lie to the biggest economic hoaxes ever: the efficacy of tariffs and trickle down

here's a note on his only economist, a certified loon:

from this npr site....a PANTS on FIRE lie, which has ALREADY been debunked:

http://www.npr.org/2016/08/08/488816816/donald-trump-looks-to-turn-the-page-on-bad-week-with-economic-speech

Recently, at a campaign event, Hillary Clinton short-circuited - you know this, you've heard this one - Hillary Clinton short-circuited again – to use a now famous term – when she accidentally told the truth and said she wanted to raise taxes on the middle class.


Politifact has rated this claim "pants on fire," but Trump continues to say it at events, including in this highly scripted speech. Clinton has campaigned extensively on not raising taxes on the middle class. His campaign has circulated a misleading video with a caption saying she said she wants to raise taxes on the middle class, but you can hear she says "we aren't going to raise taxes on the middle class" - Tamara Keith
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Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)
1. they don't do a good job debunking, actually, cause they don't say she said AREN'T
Mon Aug 8, 2016, 01:45 PM
Aug 2016

not ARE.

why did they leave that out?

 

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)
2. Foreman checked ONE fact....the trope about the US having the highest corporate tax rate among
Mon Aug 8, 2016, 01:48 PM
Aug 2016

whoever.....that appears to be true, but with all the ridiculous tax dodges that are written into the code, I think he said the average corporate tax actually paid is TWELVE percent

that was it.....they promise more, but just that one, NOT the easily provable lie I posted in the OP

 

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)
3. foreman back on, repeating the SAME exact claim about corporate taxes
Mon Aug 8, 2016, 02:06 PM
Aug 2016

2010, large, profitable companies paid about 12.6 percent in taxes, then said many (possibly 2/3) have NO liability at all!

then calls the claim true, but misleading

just a tad, huh?

so he's been on twice, and put out the SAME fact check both times

what an ahole

 

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)
4. cnn chiron ran a blurb to the effect that his plan would reduce revenue by
Mon Aug 8, 2016, 02:08 PM
Aug 2016

TEN TRILLION bucks

they have not discussed this yet at all.....just the crawl

 

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)
5. bill press doing his usual miserable job so far, only discussing how he did a good job
Mon Aug 8, 2016, 02:10 PM
Aug 2016

reading the teleprompter and ignoring the protesters

can't he even bring up the gigantic Hillary raise taxes lie?

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