Moment of Lies: Galbraith Attacks Lack of Evidence for Frantic Deficit Fear Mongering | | AlterNet

Well, wouldn't it be nice if brain-washed Republicans with half a brain were to read articles like this? But they won't. They'll watch the criminally insane fat cats spew their racist sham "news" on Fox 5 and read/hear them elsewhere on fear-mongering, corporate media channels.

Moment of Lies: Galbraith Attacks Lack of Evidence for Frantic Deficit Fear Mongering

The sky is falling, but not enough to tax the rich apparently.

December 3, 2010 |

“Throughout our nation’s history, Americans have found the courage to do right by our children’s future. Deep down, every American knows that we face a moment of truth once again. These sentences set the tone. The first is a bald-faced lie, as a Westerner like Senator Simpson knows perfectly well. To the contrary, we have often fallen under the sway of robber barons, water barons, oil barons, bison-killers, clear-cutters and strip-miners, hell-bent on maximum pillage in the shortest time. Only occasionally have a few heroes like Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot and Harold Ickes Sr. emerged to battle for the most precious physical elements of our heritage — and then only with limited success.

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Moment of Lies: Galbraith Attacks Lack of Evidence for Frantic Deficit Fear Mongering | | AlterNet