A “Big Lie” is a lie that is endlessly repeated and amplified enough to overwhelm any criticism and achieve general acceptance.
The misnamed “Inflation Reduction Act” (IRA) is a “Big Lie” promoted and celebrated by the media. The Congressional Budget Office says it will have a negligible effect on inflation (shorturl. at/bstw0). In the near term, its spending exacerbates today’s already painful inflation.
Even people who voted for the IRA can’t explain how it reduces inflation (see the first 4 minutes).
Another “Big Lie” is President Biden’s claim that no one with an income less than $400,000 will pay another penny in taxes. The Joint Committee on Taxation says the IRA will raise income taxes at every level, even for incomes under $10,000 (http://alturl.com/7zq8h). This is on top of increased taxes, fees, and royalties on energy which will increase the costs of almost everything.
Even these may understate the tax increases on poor people who can’t afford the tax experts that rich people use to find loopholes, and dispute IRS audits. ABC reports on a Syracuse University study indicating that poor people are audited at a rate 3 times greater than people with $1,000,000 incomes and 5 times greater than all people who aren’t poor (New study finds IRS audits low-income workers at a rate 5x higher than everyone else – ABC13 Houston). All Democrats voted against an amendment to limit audits funded by this bill to people earning over $400,000.
Recently Biden tried to deceive the American people by stating that there was no inflation in July. It’s normal to talk about inflation on an annual basis; the cost of living was 8.5% higher in July than a year earlier and 7.1% higher than when Biden took office.
Biden blamed Putin’s war for our inflation and high energy prices…another “Big Lie”. Inflation and energy prices skyrocketed well before Putin invaded Ukraine.
Biden also claimed that the US isn’t in a recession despite having two-quarters of negative growth, the traditional indicator. The media provided numerous talking heads providing all sorts of additional reasons why we aren’t in a recession; this was another “Big Lie”.
Some other examples: Mayorkas (Homeland Security): “our border is Closed!” (Despite 2 million annual illegal border crossers, some violently harming Americans, and others bringing the illegal drugs that kill 50,000 to 100,000 Americans annually). “CRT isn’t in our schools”, although parents watched it in their children’s remote learning. Obama: “If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor.”
It’s easy for Democrats to pull off “Big Lies” since the vast majority of the media repeats and promotes their claims, and attacks anyone questioning or providing evidence disproving Democrat claims. It’s nearly impossible to pull off a “Big Lie” when most of the media questions, disputes, and attacks your claims, as it does with most Republican claims.
An example is Trump’s claim (which he certainly believes and therefore is not a lie) that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump’s belief is based on the many irregularities in ballot handling and counting (e.g., use of illegal ballot harvesting and drop boxes, selective ballot curing only in Democrat areas, excluding Republican poll watchers from vote counting, unreliable mailed ballots, etc.).
Trump’s claim is overwhelmed by the attacks and criticisms from almost all the media, all Democrats, and some, mostly big-government, Republicans. Trump’s claim may be incorrect, but it’s not a lie, big or small.
What is certain is that Biden is President and Democrats control Congress, and the American people and millions of people around the world are suffering because of it.
