Top 5 FOX myths to debunk this Thanksgiving


MYTH #1: The congressional Super Committee failed because both sides
refuse to compromise.


REALITY: The Super Committee failed because Republicans' number one,
non-negotiable priority is to protect millionaires and billionaires from
paying even one more penny in taxes.1 Democrats repeatedly offered to
make deep spending cuts?far deeper than most progressives would like?in
exchange for raising taxes on the wealthy and closing corporate
loopholes, only to be refused again and again.2 So even though the vast
majority of Americans say they want to protect Social Security,
Medicare, and Medicaid benefits, and raise taxes on the rich and
corporations,3 that won't happen until Republicans put aside their
extremist stance.


MYTH #2: Nobody knows what Occupy Wall Street is about.


REALITY: Occupy Wall Street may not have a formal list of demands, but
anyone who's been paying attention understands the core problems that
occupiers are protesting?that corporations have far too much power in
our political system, that Wall Street banks crashed our economy but
were never held accountable, and that the richest 400 Americans have
more wealth than half of all Americans?156 million people?combined.4


MYTH #3: Occupiers should stop protesting and just get a job.


REALITY: As anybody who's looked for a job in the last few years knows,
there just aren't jobs out there. That's a big part of why occupiers are
protesting. In September, there were four times as many unemployed
people as job openings.5 And for those who are lucky enough to find a
job, median wages today are lower than they were a decade ago.6


MYTH #4: Occupy Wall Street is intent on provoking violence, especially
against banks and the police.


REALITY: Occupations across the country have committed themselves to
nonviolent protest, in the greatest traditions of protest movements.
Some of their protests have been met with acts of police violence?tear
gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets7?but in many cases, protesters have
reminded police that the police officers are part of the 99%, too.8 And
in the few cases when people have shown up at Occupy demonstrations and
committed acts of vandalism, other protesters have even repaired their
acts of vandalism.9


MYTH #5: The biggest crisis facing our country is out of control
government spending.


REALITY: The two biggest drivers of our deficit?by far?are the economic
crash and the Bush tax cuts.10 We have millions of people out of work,
corporations hoarding cash, and factories sitting idle. If we put all
those people back to work?rebuilding infrastructure, educating our
children, and researching new technologies?it'll shrink the deficit and
make our economy stronger for the long haul. And we can easily afford it
if we make sure the rich?who are taking home a larger percentage of
income than any time since 191711?pay their fair share.

On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:44:41 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:44:38 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

REALITY: The two biggest drivers of our deficit?by far?are the economic
crash and the Bush tax cuts.10

The Bush tax cut portion for the quarter millionaires is $70 billion a
year ($700b over 10 years according to OMB)
The Obama payroll tax cut is $170 billion a year.
The Bush tax cut on everyone but the quarter millionaires is $300
billion a year.

If you are serious about revenue, drop all of those tax cuts.

The spending problem is not infrastructure and bull**** like NPR/PBS.
It is the entitlements and DoD.
You can't get the right to cut DoD and the left will not do anything
meaningful with entitlements.

nor will the right agree to tax increases for the rich who caused this
problem