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banned from Kos

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9. Ask Greece if their fiscal cliff is propaganda

Reply to reformist2 (Original post)

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 11:26 AM

Dec 2012

you will get a better perspective.

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The whole "fiscal cliff" meme was brilliant Wall Street propaganda... [View all] reformist2 Dec 2012 OP

It's a maneuver laced with panic words. As you said, "a scare tactic designed to get people to panic RKP5637 Dec 2012 #1

It's called the Shock Doctrine gollygee Dec 2012 #2

+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Dec 2012 #23

I'm not sure how to take this el_bryanto Dec 2012 #3

It's about whether we come up with a deal now, or in January gollygee Dec 2012 #4

You could be right el_bryanto Dec 2012 #5

The question is, when will the Democrats learn to disarm this kind of framing? phantom power Dec 2012 #6

They'll learn when the working class owns the press. The corporations own it. The workers don't. Selatius Dec 2012 #8

Exactly what I just posted, but you did it better, I see. closeupready Dec 2012 #18

The "politicians" are In-On-The-SCAM. bvar22 Dec 2012 #25

I've come to the same conclusion agent46 Dec 2012 #33

Why would they want to? leftstreet Dec 2012 #21

K&R Auggie Dec 2012 #7

Ask Greece if their fiscal cliff is propaganda banned from Kos Dec 2012 #9

Austerity killed their economic growth Harmony Blue Dec 2012 #11

I'm not saying it's not real. I'm saying the words being used are designed to shock. reformist2 Dec 2012 #12

Kos wants you back. DocMac Dec 2012 #13

That isn't the problem in Greece gollygee Dec 2012 #17

Granted, we are not in the sad shape Greece is in but the symptoms are alike. banned from Kos Dec 2012 #19

The question is how to fix it, not whether it needs to be fixed gollygee Dec 2012 #20

Greece: another word intended to scare. subterranean Dec 2012 #22

We are not Greece abelenkpe Dec 2012 #29

and the people who know better "fall for it" every time... leeroysphitz Dec 2012 #10

It's designed sulphurdunn Dec 2012 #14

You got THAT right! Eric the Reddish Dec 2012 #15

Not so brilliant. Rather, Republican media newsreaders like closeupready Dec 2012 #16

The same "terms" are repeated from the White House podium. bvar22 Dec 2012 #26

In the United States, the media is traditionally another pillar closeupready Dec 2012 #31

+1000 blackspade Dec 2012 #24

This happens all the time. Why people don't get a clue is puzzling. We are manipulated. Lint Head Dec 2012 #27

Bernanke coined that term in Feb 2012 warning about its effects on the economy. dkf Dec 2012 #28

The fearmongering was started by Bernanke jsr Dec 2012 #30

sure are lots of DUers falling for it Skittles Dec 2012 #32

See if you think that when you get your first paycheck after Jan. 1 BainsBane Dec 2012 #34

I think I can live a month or two on less while they duke it out. reformist2 Dec 2012 #35

the poorest will see their checks 17% lower BainsBane Dec 2012 #36

Have to agree with you. Eddie Haskell Dec 2012 #37