Myths/liberal policies put us more in debt - Revision history

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Woozle: some more stuff; moved one claim example to more appropriate myth page

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some more stuff; moved one claim example to more appropriate myth page

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Woozle: claim examples

2014-12-03T23:45:10Z

claim examples

Woozle: Created page with "'''Claim''': Liberal policies cause more debt, while "conservative" policies reduce it. This is the opposite of the truth. From a fiscal viewpoint, liberal..."

2014-12-03T23:38:13Z

Created page with "'''Claim''': Liberal policies cause more debt, while "conservative" policies reduce it. This is the opposite of the truth. From a fiscal viewpoint, liberal..."

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'''Claim''': Liberal policies cause more debt, while [[conservatroll|"conservative"]] policies reduce it.

This is the opposite of the truth. From a fiscal viewpoint, liberal policies tend to do two things:
* Engage in common-good investment that:
** improves the economy over the long term (and often in the short term as well, e.g. stimulus spending)
** disproportionately benefits those with the most need
* Increase taxes -- especially on those with the most surplus, i.e. the rich -- to pay for these investments.

The anti-liberal {{l/ip|mainstream media}} tends to dishonestly {{l/ip|interpretive framing|frame}} such responsible, forward-looking policies as "tax-and-spend" -- leaving many people with the image of personally being drained by taxation in order to pay for heedless liberal indulgence; an equally honest phrase for [[conservatroll|"conservative"]] policies would be "'''borrow'''-and-spend", since that has been the historical pattern for Republican/"conservative" administrations since the Reagan era.

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-'''Claim''': Liberal policies cause more debt, while [[conservatroll|"conservative"]] policies reduce it.
+{{hdr/myth|Liberal fiscal policies create more debt.}}
+==Myth==
 This is the opposite of the truth. From a fiscal viewpoint, liberal policies tend to do two things:
 * Engage in common-good investment that:
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 [[File:405875 2404492924164 601932573 n Tax-and-Spend liberal.jpg|thumb|Spot the Tax-And-Spend Liberal]]
-The anti-liberal {{l/ip|mainstream media}} tends to dishonestly {{l/ip|interpretive framing|frame}} such responsible, forward-looking policies as "tax-and-spend" -- leaving many people with the image of personally being drained by taxation in order to pay for heedless liberal indulgence; an equally honest phrase for [[conservatroll|"conservative"]] policies would be "'''borrow'''-and-spend", since that has been the historical pattern for Republican/"conservative" administrations since the Reagan era.
+The anti-liberal {{l/ip|mainstream media}} tends to dishonestly {{l/ip|interpretive framing|frame}} such responsible, forward-looking policies as "tax-and-spend" -- leaving many people with the image of personally being drained by taxation in order to pay for heedless liberal indulgence; an equally honest phrase for [[disconservatism|"conservative"]] policies would be "'''borrow'''-and-spend", since that has been the historical pattern for Republican/"conservative" administrations since the Reagan era.
 "Conservative" &ndash; a misnomer for "Republican" &ndash; policies have been largely responsible for the deficit-growth [[Myths/federal debt is now at an all-time high|that "conservatives" like to complain about]].
 ==Claim Examples==
 "Soon, I fear, this nation will become bankrupt and it we will be turned over to the communists/Marxists/socialists/liberal/progressives that have been weighing down our spending by encouraging deadbeats to go on welfare and suck this nation dry." - [https://plus.google.com/u/0/102282887764745350285/posts/YrifdxFWGCy Google+, 2014-02-08]

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	** {{l/ip\|Obamacare}}, for example, was projected to be deficit-neutral (despite repeated right-wing claims that we "can't afford it") and is actually turning out to save more money than expected.		** {{l/ip\|Obamacare}}, for example, was projected to be deficit-neutral (despite repeated right-wing claims that we "can't afford it") and is actually turning out to save more money than expected.

		+	[[File:405875 2404492924164 601932573 n Tax-and-Spend liberal.jpg\|thumb\|Spot the Tax-And-Spend Liberal]]
	The anti-liberal {{l/ip\|mainstream media}} tends to dishonestly {{l/ip\|interpretive framing\|frame}} such responsible, forward-looking policies as "tax-and-spend" -- leaving many people with the image of personally being drained by taxation in order to pay for heedless liberal indulgence; an equally honest phrase for [[conservatroll\|"conservative"]] policies would be "'''borrow'''-and-spend", since that has been the historical pattern for Republican/"conservative" administrations since the Reagan era.		The anti-liberal {{l/ip\|mainstream media}} tends to dishonestly {{l/ip\|interpretive framing\|frame}} such responsible, forward-looking policies as "tax-and-spend" -- leaving many people with the image of personally being drained by taxation in order to pay for heedless liberal indulgence; an equally honest phrase for [[conservatroll\|"conservative"]] policies would be "'''borrow'''-and-spend", since that has been the historical pattern for Republican/"conservative" administrations since the Reagan era.

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	'''Claim''': Liberal policies cause more debt, while [[conservatroll\|"conservative"]] policies reduce it.		'''Claim''': Liberal policies cause more debt, while [[conservatroll\|"conservative"]] policies reduce it.

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	The anti-liberal {{l/ip\|mainstream media}} tends to dishonestly {{l/ip\|interpretive framing\|frame}} such responsible, forward-looking policies as "tax-and-spend" -- leaving many people with the image of personally being drained by taxation in order to pay for heedless liberal indulgence; an equally honest phrase for [[conservatroll\|"conservative"]] policies would be "'''borrow'''-and-spend", since that has been the historical pattern for Republican/"conservative" administrations since the Reagan era.		The anti-liberal {{l/ip\|mainstream media}} tends to dishonestly {{l/ip\|interpretive framing\|frame}} such responsible, forward-looking policies as "tax-and-spend" -- leaving many people with the image of personally being drained by taxation in order to pay for heedless liberal indulgence; an equally honest phrase for [[conservatroll\|"conservative"]] policies would be "'''borrow'''-and-spend", since that has been the historical pattern for Republican/"conservative" administrations since the Reagan era.
		+	==Claim Examples==
		+	"Soon, I fear, this nation will become bankrupt and it we will be turned over to the communists/Marxists/socialists/liberal/progressives that have been weighing down our spending by encouraging deadbeats to go on welfare and suck this nation dry." - [https://plus.google.com/u/0/102282887764745350285/posts/YrifdxFWGCy Google+, 2014-02-08]
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		+	"a record natl debt (obuma has added $8 TRILLION to the natl debt and his annual budget adds $1/2 TRILLION TO IT EVERY YEAR. OH BY THE WAY...THIS IS FAR LEFT RADICAL REGRESSIVE SOCIALIST LIBERAL DEMOCRAT ECONOMIC POLICY. SO UNDER THE DEMOCRATS WE DONT HAVE AN ECONOMY WE HAVE GOVT SLAVERY." - [https://plus.google.com/u/0/+JasonEasleyPoliticusUSA/posts/YQZ4P8ph1rT Google+, 2014-12-03]

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 ** improves the economy over the long term (and often in the short term as well, e.g. stimulus spending)
 ** disproportionately benefits those with the most need
-* Increase taxes -- especially on those with the most surplus, i.e. the rich -- to pay for these investments.
+* Where spending is increased, taxes -- especially on those with the most surplus, i.e. the rich -- are increased to pay for the spending.
 The anti-liberal {{l/ip|mainstream media}} tends to dishonestly {{l/ip|interpretive framing|frame}} such responsible, forward-looking policies as "tax-and-spend" -- leaving many people with the image of personally being drained by taxation in order to pay for heedless liberal indulgence; an equally honest phrase for [[conservatroll|"conservative"]] policies would be "'''borrow'''-and-spend", since that has been the historical pattern for Republican/"conservative" administrations since the Reagan era.
 ==Claim Examples==
 "Soon, I fear, this nation will become bankrupt and it we will be turned over to the communists/Marxists/socialists/liberal/progressives that have been weighing down our spending by encouraging deadbeats to go on welfare and suck this nation dry." - [https://plus.google.com/u/0/102282887764745350285/posts/YrifdxFWGCy Google+, 2014-02-08]