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samplegirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-30-10 08:22 AM
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You've taken my life, so take my soul, Thats what you said
Edited on Sat Oct-30-10 08:25 AM by samplegirl
and I believed it all


Eight False Things The Public “Knows” Prior To Election Day

There are a number things the public "knows" as we head into the election that are just false. If people elect leaders based on false information, the things those leaders do in office will not be what the public expects or needs.

Here are eight of the biggest myths that are out there:

1) President Obama tripled the deficit.
Reality: Bush's last budget had a $1.416 trillion deficit. Obama's first budget reduced that to $1.29 trillion.

2) President Obama raised taxes, which hurt the economy.
Reality: Obama cut taxes. 40% of the "stimulus" was wasted on tax cuts which only create debt, which is why it was so much less effective than it could have been.

3) President Obama bailed out the banks.
Reality: While many people conflate the "stimulus" with the bank bailouts, the bank bailouts were requested by President Bush and his Treasury Secretary, former Goldman Sachs CEO Henry Paulson. (Paulson also wanted the bailouts to be "non-reviewable by any court or any agency.") The bailouts passed and began before the 2008 election of President Obama.
It continues quite convincingly.

I just voted by absentee ballot, I've done it every year when and since I lived in CA.

I like having the time to look at the candidates and propositions, (they don't always mean what they say or say what they mean), do the research, and decide with the facts in front of me rather than trying to remember everything I'd read under the pressure of being in the booth knowing people are waiting in line for me to make up my mind.

But regardless of what your preferred method is, get out and vote!


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MH1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-30-10 08:25 AM
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1. Link?
I might want to share the 8 things list.
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MH1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-30-10 08:30 AM
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2. Never mind, I see you added it.
Thanks!
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