{"id":6672,"date":"2011-07-14T10:01:20","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T15:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/?p=6672"},"modified":"2011-07-16T22:06:15","modified_gmt":"2011-07-17T03:06:15","slug":"the-big-truth-versus-the-big-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2011\/07\/14\/the-big-truth-versus-the-big-lie\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Truth versus The Big Lie"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have decided that it is about time to put the label The Big Lie<\/strong> to the meme that the Republicans keep repeating every chance that they get. It is about time we put in as much effort spreading The Big Truth<\/strong><\/span>. Please help.<\/p>\n

One way to raise awareness of this article is to do a Google search on the phrase “The Big Truth versus The Big Lie”<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Doing this, I found another blogger who has beat me to the punch, The Big Lie Versus The Big Truth<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

His post led to the Robert Reich post, The Big Lie.\u00a0 <\/strong>I have chosen to link to a different version of the article. From The Christian Science Monitor<\/em> we have\u00a0Will Obama repeat the Republicans’ Big Lie?<\/strong><\/a>, where Reich said:<\/p>\n

The short-term solution is for government to counteract this shortfall by spending more, not less. The long-term solution is to spread the benefits of economic growth more widely (for example, through a more progressive income tax, a larger EITC, an exemption on the first $20K of income from payroll taxes and application of payroll taxes to incomes over $250K, stronger unions, and more and better investments in education and infrastructure.)<\/p>\n

But instead of telling the truth, Obama has legitimized the Big Lie by freezing non-defense discretionary spending, freezing federal pay, touting his deficit commission co-chairs’ recommended $3 of spending cuts for every dollar of tax increase, and agreeing to extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy.<\/p>\n

Will Obama stand up to the Big Lie? Will he use his State of the Union address to rebut it and tell the truth? Maybe, but so far there’s no evidence.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The Big Lie<\/h1>\n

Revoking the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy is a job killer.<\/p>\n

The Big Truth<\/span><\/h1>\n

Revoking the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy is a job creator.<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Once we put the label The Big Lie<\/strong> on it,\u00a0 it becomes much more obvious that a great amount of effort needs to be exerted to defeat it.\u00a0 I think the key to all future success for Progressive policy starts with the defeat of The Big Lie<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

So here is a list of previous posts dealing with this and The Big Truth<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n