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To: TimF who wrote (966112)	9/21/2016 10:01:21 AM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Recommended By pogbull Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574691

The source for that quote - --- "Anyone who wants to study the tricks of propaganda rhetoric has a rich source of examples in the statements of President Barack Obama. On Monday, July 9th, for example, he said that Republicans "believe that prosperity comes from the top down, so that if we spend trillions more on tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, that that will somehow unleash jobs and economic growth." Let us begin with the word "spend." Is the government "spending" money on people whenever it does not tax them as much as it can? Such convoluted reasoning would never pass muster if the mainstream media were not so determined to see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil when it comes to Barack Obama. Ironically, actual spending by the Obama administration for the benefit of its political allies, such as the teachers' unions, is not called spending but "investment." You can say anything if you have your own private language." - Thomas Sowell townhall.com

To: TimF who wrote (966112)	9/21/2016 10:15:43 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574691

The downturn in '37 is well-explained by a 17% cut in spending. "You can say anything if you have your own private language." Like "sizeable deficit"? What we have is a sizeable deficit between how the real world works and RW economic theories.