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E.J. Dionne Jr. on Conservatives and their skewed logic: (Original Post)
ehrnst
Jun 2012
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sendero
(28,552 posts)1. Most of the people spouting this..
... "tax cuts for the rich create jobs" idiocy know it is utter bullshit but they've been selling it since the 80s and the average idiot American believes it so they are not going to stop saying it.
ladjf
(17,320 posts)2. A recent survey of Americans' opinion about creationism indicated that 47% believed that the human
race suddenly appeared on Earth in their present form about 10,000 years ago. Anyone who could believe that is capable of believing
any type of nonsense.
the talking snakes and magic underwear!
zeemike
(18,998 posts)4. It has nothing to do with logic.
Except the logic behind the principle of the big lie as outlined by Hitler and the Fascist...the Big Lie if repeated often enough will become fact in the minds of the masses...
And that is exactly what we see happening around us...
CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)5. Tax cuts for the rich and deregulation doesn't work
to stimulate the economy and create jobs.
It doesn't work, hasn't worked and won't work.
It doesn't work, hasn't worked and won't work.
caseymoz
(5,763 posts)6. One gets the carrot
the other gets the stick. Works for each every time.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)7. The quote leaves out the relationship between the two groups. Not just words, but energy stolen.