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Rep Henry Waxman (D- California)created a database related to lies concerning Iraq and it has over 200 lies told by the top six people in the Bush administration.
Why not create the same type databases of lies and untruths related to Social Security, States Rights, Iran, the so-called culture of life, etc?
For instance, the estimate by the SS board of trustees that there will be an $11 trillion shortfall in the long term for Social Security is based on their estimates that the life expectancy will increase to 150 years. That ain't gonna happen! Their estimates on the shortfall in both the short term and the long term are based on estimated economic growth that is only half of what the economy grew at during the last 70 years (which includes the great depression).
If we can put together a list of lies, mis-statements, misleading "facts" etc related to these type things maybe we can have a better chance of outing the media as being biased towards the right.
Also, we can make the "flip flops" of the GOP and the Bush administration work against them.
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