Here are a few of the Myths the GOP members and Fox News pundits have been spreading
1.) Business are job creators: FALSE! If this were true then we would never have unemployment. Consumers are job creators!
2.) The government can't create job (even the The President says this.) FALSE! The government is huge employer and they also hire private contractors to build roads, bridges, schools...whatever.
3. The stimulus in 2009 didn't work: FALSE! According the Congressional Budget the stimulus created or saved between 1.4 and 3.3 million jobs and lowered unemployment between .7 to 1.8 percentage points.
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4. Social Security adds to the deficit: FALSE FALSE FALSE!!! SS is paid by current workers and there is a surplus in the SS trust fund intended to support the baby boomers. In 30 year the surplus will run out, then just the workers will pay. It doesn't add one penny to the deficit!!!
5. The Affordable Heath Care Act (Obama Care) will add to the deficit. FALSE!!!!!! This was a huge myth during the 2010 mid-terms. Again according to the CBO the AHCA will REDUCE the deficit, and repealing it will ADD to the deficit.
6. Lowering taxes on on businesses (supply side economics) creates jobs and increases tax revenues. FALSE! This myth has been around for 30 years. It has not spurred job growth or increased revenues. In the 1980s when President Reagan first employed supply side economics unemployment didn't come down, and the deficit exploded. It has never worked!