What's a lie that keeps coming back, no matter how often it's proven false?

[Lynx122]

We'll cut taxes but the economy will grow so much that we'll actually make more money. Even though the percentage the government gets will be lower the economic boom will be unparalleled, just trust me bro.

I wanna hear your examples though :)

It doesn't have to be in politics or economics it can be in any area of life.

[WonderingManII]

People saying the earth is flat when it's been proven to be round.

[Shiprex]

Conservative values that they're going to benefit working people.

[Shiprex]

Thanks @Lynx122 for the mho

[MisterWack]

1) The Earth Is Flat ( We have logic, data, photographs, satellites, and other resources to prove it is beyond a reasonable doubt an ‘Oblate Spheroid’ )

2) 9/11 Was An Inside Job ( It wasn’t , we know there were real passengers that were killed as a result of Middle East Origin Terrorists utilizing Domestic Flights as weapons of destruction )

3) Aliens Built The Pyramids ( We are getting a better understanding grounded in reality, humans are remarkable and proven themselves quite capable so building The Pyramids was obviously a human endeavor )

4) “I know everything” ( No one man or woman could know everything and must be open minded to change, new ideas, and alternative perspectives. Even teachers have a lot to learn, sometimes from their students )

5) The Holocaust was fake ( We have numerous museums, resources, photographs, film, newspapers, and Nazi documentation that proves 6 million Jews and other groups were slain in Concentration Camps across Europe. The Nuremberg Trials showcased mountains of evidence too )

6) That American Domestic Issues Can’t Be Fixed / Isn’t Worth Investing Into.

( We pour billions if not trillions into keeping the peace overseas due to 9/11 , we pour countless resources into The War On Drugs thanks to Nixon fighting cartels / strengthening our borders , and we’ll happily build Nukes to show the world we mean business, yet we will never ever fix Domestically Grown Terrorism , Gun Violence & School Shootings , Mental Health Crisis , or fight to keep homeless off the streets and in affordable housing units and given resources to hold up a job and go after gangs in our cities. It is possible, yet we keep falling into this cycle of excuses from weak leadership on both sides. Not to mention the health crisis with insurance / healthcare being a mess )

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

That anarchy would mean chaos as in the absence of rules, while it literally, etymologically, means the absence of authority.

ἀναρχίᾱ (anarkhíā). αν- (an-, α- privative) +‎ αρχή (archí, “power, authority”) +‎ -ία (-ía, noun suffix).

There's a secret meaning also, it says "right-wing anarchists, please leave my butt"

[TheSpaceGnome]

Odd, the one thing you mentioned is actually true, cutting property and income taxes does in fact boost the economy because people have more money left over to spend.

As for a lie that keeps returning?
Religion.

[Lynx122]

You're cutting the governments income so if you keep spending the same you're taking on debt to finance rich peoples tax breaks. But the economy never grows enough to make up the difference. And then they wanna cut spending to pay for the debt and that slows the economy more. You're taking money from people who actually need it and will spend it into the economy to give it to people who don't need it and will put it into an offshore account.

So in the end you end up with a higher deficit, a shrinking economy and the government is in trouble because they can't raise the tax rates again, they'd lose popularity so instead just make more cuts. The country can't invest in things that are needed for the future because it's constantly close to broke. And the people that get the most benefit from the whole scheme don't give anything back.

In the 50's the tax rate for people who earned more than 400'000 was 91% in the 70's it went down to 70%, now it's 36% and most rich people don't even pay close to that because of capital gains and putting themselves in debt to avoid taxes etc. Do you think the economy now is actually better off because of tax breaks?

[TheSpaceGnome]

"You're cutting the governments income so if you keep spending the same you're taking on debt to finance rich peoples tax breaks."

That sentence doesn't make any sense whatsoever, the tax cut would be universal, not income based, we should get rid of property and income taxes entirely and just rely on sales tax. Also minimum wage needs a huge hike.

And what debt?

There is no debt dude, we give money to a lot if other countries and never see a dime of it back, we don't owe jack shit, they owe us.

[inked2014]

Well said and how true!

[TheSpaceGnome]

In order for the poor to get out of poverty, you would need to eliminate property and income taxes, all it does is keep the rich rich, and the poor poor. Foreign aid needs to stop.

[Anonymous]

"A good lie is easier to believe than the truth." - Ferengi proverb 😜

[Opinion Owner]

Religion is obviously one of the greatest examples.

[Anonymous]

Trickle down , Supply side Economics. Like big Tax cuts for the rich motherfuckers.

[Anonymous]

Liberals accusing conservatives of being motivated by hate.

[NathanDavis]

elections... every four years

[Anonymous]

"I love you."

[exitseven]

The 2020 presidential election was not stolen.

[Anonymous]

Religions