Comments on: The Three Big Lies Underlying the Republican Brand

By: Political Irony › Do the Democrats even have a brand?

Political Irony › Do the Democrats even have a brand? — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:53:40 +0000

[...] I wrote in here a few days ago that the Republican brand is based on three big lies, but in fairness we should talk about the Democratic brand too. Unfortunately, all I can say is that the Republican brand may be in the toilet, but at least they have a brand. [...]

By: antibozo

antibozo — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:59:20 +0000

Big lie #4 is that leaving money in the hands of taxpayers is good for the economy. Taxpayers, unlike the government, sometimes choose to save money rather than spend it. The goverment, on the other hand, can be counted on to spend every penny it gets its hands on (and then some, unfortunately). Taxpayers also choose to spend huge sums on foreign products, thus sending it out of the country. While the government also buys its share of foreign products, it spends a much higher proportion domestically. To add to this, the government gets to keep a nice percentage of whatever it spends on labor, since that is recovered/recycled as income tax. The government does, at times, commit waste. But guess what: so do taxpayers.

By: Iron Knee

Iron Knee — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:27:34 +0000

Actually, Bush I was forced to raise taxes (despite his famous “read my lips” quote) because of concerns over the economy. More recent Republicans seem to be less concerned about reality, such as Cheney who believes that “deficits don’t matter”.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:12:55 +0000

Far be it from me to defend Bush, but the biggest chunk in the deficit came from the tax cuts, which Republicans have always supported. Of course cutting taxes without a corresponding decrease in spending is just financial suicide.