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   From: GlennR@teranews.com   
      
   seriously,  they are too ignorant and stupid to understand the government, the   
   economy, the financial systems,   
   the various government agencies and what they do   
      
   they also believe they are average or above average, and that most people are   
   like   
   them   
      
   these are the first people to say :   
      
   "somebody", or "the government needs to do something about this",when they   
   hear of   
   any problem or issue,   
      
   they are not able to research any issue themselves,not enough intellect, the   
   republicans know this and exploit it   
      
   so whenever they hear something, they immediately regard it as truth if the   
   person   
   telling them the lies can appeal   
   to their basic ignorance,bigotry,prejudice,envy, and jealousy   
      
   it's like the politician who won an election by calling his opponent a   
   confirmed   
   heterosexual,   
   they were too stupid to know what heterosexuals were and that the vast   
   majority of   
   them were also heterosexuals   
      
   they also don't recognize generalizations as applying to them, when the   
   republicans say they want to cut entitlements, their   
   followers are in favor because to them their understanding of entitlements is   
   something people are getting to   
   which they are not entitled,   
      
   they don't understand that the two largest entitlements are social security and   
   medicare, in addition to food stamps, unemployment   
   payments,medicaid,AFDC,WIC, and other on which a large percentage of themselves   
   are dependant   
      
   and the democrats are the same way, they generalize, and they don't know how to   
   communicate with these people   
      
   they also hide their agenda from the voters such as in immigration reform which   
   actually means amnesty   
      
   the people need to take their lumps, it's the only way and ignorant person can   
   learn   
      
      
      
      
      
   "Paul Ryan"  wrote in message   
   news:Xns9EBFECF2F46FFchang@194.177.98.144...   
   : Why are rightists living a lie?   
   :   
   : Nine Lies That Gullible Rightists Believe and Obediently Parrot   
   : Monday 12 April 2010   
   :   
   : by: Bill Quigley   
   :   
   : truthout.org - Disgraced wingnut Glenn Beck and other far right   
   : multi-millionaires are claiming that the US is hot on the path toward   
   : socialism. Part of their claim is that the US is much more generous and   
   : supportive of our working and poor people than other countries. People may   
   : wish it was so, but it is not.   
   :   
   : As Sen. Patrick Moynihan used to say "Everyone is entitled to their own   
   : opinions. But everyone is not entitled to their own facts."   
   :   
   : The fact is that the US is not really all that generous to our working and   
   : poor people compared to other countries.   
   :   
   : Consider the US in comparison to the rest of the 30 countries that join   
   : the US in making up the OECD - the Organization for Economic Cooperation   
   : and Development. These 30 countries include Canada and most comparable   
   : European countries, but also include some struggling countries like Czech   
   : Republic, Greece, Hungary, Korea, Mexico, Poland, Slovak Republic and   
   : Turkey.   
   :   
   : When you look at how the US compares to these 30 countries, the hot air   
   : myths about the US government going all out toward socialism sort of   
   : disappear into thin air. Here are some examples of myths that do not hold   
   : up.   
   :   
   : Myth No. 1: The US Government Is Involved in Class Warfare, Attacking the   
   : Rich to Lift Up the Poor.   
   :   
   : There is a class war going on all right. But it is the rich against the   
   : rest of us and the rich are winning. The gap between the rich and everyone   
   : else is wider in the US than any of the 30 other countries surveyed. In   
   : fact, the top 10 percent in the US have a higher annual income than any   
   : other country. And the poorest 10 percent in the US are below the average   
   : of the other OECD countries. The rich in the US have been rapidly leaving   
   : the middle class and poor behind since the 1980s.   
   :   
   : Myth No. 2: The US Already Has the Greatest Health Care System in the   
   : World.   
   :   
   : Infant mortality in the US is fourth worst among OECD countries - better   
   : only than Mexico, Turkey and the Slovak Republic.   
   :   
   : Myth No. 3: There Is Less Poverty in the US Than Anywhere.   
   :   
   : Child poverty in the US, at over 20 percent or one out of every five kids,   
   : is double the average of the 30 OECD countries.   
   :   
   : Myth No. 4: The US Is Generous in Its Treatment of Families With Children.   
   :   
   : The US ranks in the bottom half of countries in terms of financial   
   : benefits for families with children. Over half of the 30 OECD countries   
   : pay families with children cash benefits regardless of the income of the   
   : family. Some among those countries (e.g. Austria, France and Germany) pay   
   : additional benefits if the family is low income or one of the parents is   
   : unemployed.   
   :   
   : Myth No. 5: The US Is Very Supportive of Its Workers.   
   :   
   : The US gives no paid leave for working mothers having children. Every   
   : single one of the other 30 OECD countries has some form of paid leave. The   
   : US ranks dead last in this. Over two-thirds of the countries give some   
   : form of paid paternity leave. The US also gives no paid leave for fathers.   
   :   
   : In fact, it is only workers in the US who have no guaranteed days of paid   
   : leave at all. Korea is the next lowest to the US and it has a minimum of   
   : eight paid annual days of leave. Most of the other 30 countries require a   
   : minimum of 20 days of annual paid leave for their workers.   
   :   
   : Myth No. 6: Poor People Have More Chance of Becoming Rich in the US Than   
   : Anywhere Else.   
   :   
   : Social mobility (how children move up or down the economic ladder in   
   : comparison with their parents) in earnings, wages and education tends to   
   : be easier in Australia, Canada and Nordic countries like Denmark, Norway   
   : and Finland, than in the US. That means more of the rich stay rich and   
   : more of the poor stay poor here in the US.   
   :   
   : Myth No. 7: The US Spends Generously on Public Education.   
   :   
   : In terms of spending for public education, the US is just about average   
   : among the 30 countries of the OECD. Educational achievement of US   
   : children, however, is seventh worst in the OECD. On public spending for   
   : childcare and early education, the US is in the bottom third.   
   :   
   : Myth No. 8: The US Government Is Redistributing Income From the Rich to   
   : the Poor.   
   :   
   : There is little redistribution of income by government in the US in part   
   : because spending on social benefits like unemployment and family benefits   
   : is so low. Of the 30 countries in the OECD, only in Korea is the impact of   
   : governmental spending lower.   
   :   
   : Myth No. 9: The US Generously Gives Foreign Aid to Countries Across the   
   : World.   
   :   
   : The US gives the smallest percentage of aid of any of the developed   
   : countries in the OECD. In 2007, the US was tied for last with Greece. In   
   : 2008, we were tied for last with Japan.   
   :   
   : Despite the opinions of right-wing folks, the facts say the US is not on   
   : the path toward socialism.   
   :   
      
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