Seven Big Lies Obama Told In His State Of The Union Speech Independent Journal Review Link
(c) Independent Journal Review
January 29th, 2014
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(excerpt)
I know what you’re thinking – just seven? Actually most of Obama’s speech was filled with the same old platitudes and empty rhetoric that bellows out of all politicians, right or left. Here are seven lies he told.
1) Income inequality is the worst it’s ever been!
Obama sayeth, “[T]oday, after four years of economic growth, corporate profits and stock prices have rarely been higher, and those at the top have never done better. But average wages have barely budged. Inequality has deepened. Upward mobility has stalled. The cold, hard fact is that even in the midst of recovery, too many Americans are working more than ever just to get by; let alone to get ahead.â€
There’s all sorts of wrong going on here, but here’s one of the bigger ones – “income inequality†was worse in 2000 and in 2007. But if you adjust the rate for the massive taxation the government does and the redistribution of wealth already underway, income equality is the same as it was in 1987. It’s pretty easy to make the case that the only reason Obama pretends it’s a sudden crime that needs to be addressed right now is that Obamacare is such a disaster that needs to be ignored.
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And the rest at the link.
But seriously, if inequality in income is worse than ever, on whose bony shoulders does this rest? For five-plus years, we've been told how "evil" the rich are--and when put to the test, they've (correctly) responded by closing their wallets. Frankly, I don't blame them. No poor man ever signed my paycheck. As for the rest of last night, at what point do we as Americans say, "Enough!"
If we don't make a stand, this country will not be what it once was, and for that, I weep.
