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Originally Posted by djplong
Bucco - "a bit out of line"?
Come on..
Everything in that post was wrong. He said you'd have to pay $3800 tax on selling a $100K house and that it would kill seniors.
Wrong on all counts.
He didn't know about the $500K exclusion. Said it was a sales tax..
He also didn't answer my question about where he heard it and why he didn't check it out.
At the very least, he's reporting misinformation.
More likely, he's being played as a puppet by people who know that, when they put something outlandish out there, there is a percentage of the reader base that will just run with it regardless and do more of their dirty work for them.
I would LIKE to believe that he's NOT the one responsible for the lies in the first place.
And what was his response? Repeating ANOTHER lie about how George Soros supposedly runs Snopes. Did he check that?
Well, he certainly didn't check Snopes:
snopes.com: About the people behind snopes.com
and Fact.Org also confirmed who runs Snopes:
FactCheck.org : Snopes.com
Look.. I'm almost 50 years old. In that time, sometimes I've found out I've been wrong about a few things. I've had my opinions influenced when new FACTS come to play.
I confess I have a hard time in understanding how some people can cling to lies. As best as I can tell, they'd rather be thought of as 'wrong' than be embarrassed. |
This information and much like it comes from the constant emails sent around on BOTH sides of the aisle. I get them all the time and NEVER forward them without doing a bit of research.
I don't cling to lies and will admit when wrong.....I suppose my biggest thing right now as I just noted in another thread is the media. There are people on this forum who post almost word for word from tweets they receive and from emails and from totally bias sites...they do it blindly on BOTH SIDES and then say they are discussing politics...it is scary.....the media, and I include for better or worse, the internet bloggers are just terrible. It is scary to try to find out facts on any subject.
THEN, add to that this particular bill, NEVER explained to the public....and admittedly never even read by the Speaker of the House or those who voted to make it law...that makes for the media to twist and turn anything anyway they want it to go.
I will ask you now, if you ever feel I am clinging to a lie based on what I post, call it to my attention right away. I am saying things about this President now that I said in 2008 and still, in my opinion, think they are true and I will say over and over until proven wrong that this healthcare bill, conceived in secrecy, made law with bribery (see LA. for example) and smoke filled room deals and that did nothing we were promised it would do is a total train wreck that is just hanging out there ready to strike in 2013/2014.
So, you are right...lots of conspiracy things that folks hold onto,,but when you look into it, there are reasons...like this health care bill....what a con job. Oh, and I am betting that Pelosi still hasnt read it.