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The Invincible Lie: Part II

PV Wrote: Jul 13, 2012 5:56 PM
These are from data provided by the Brookings Institute, not exactly a right wing partisan. They are regarded as reliable by both Democrats and Republicans. The data show spending and revenues year by year as far back as you want to go.

Editor's Note: This column is part II in a series. Part I can be found here.

Nothing produces more of a sense of the futility of facts than seeing someone in the mass media repeating some notion that has been refuted innumerable times over the years.

On July 9th, on CNN's program "The Situation Room" with Wolf Blitzer, commentator Gloria Borger discussed President Obama's plan to continue the temporary extension of the tax rates established under the Bush administration -- except for the top brackets, where Obama wanted the tax rates raised.

Ms. Borger said, "if you're going to lower the tax...

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