Via Market Watch 666, reader rjs points us to this piece of history: Ronald Reagan: “Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit.”…

PGL at Econospeak adds to criticisms of current ‘Reaganolatry’: Federal Tax Revenues During the 1980’s Paul Krugman takes on another aspect with respect to the latest intellectual garbage from Stephen…

…passed without having anything good about it destroyed by the Republicans. Of course, we spend more time on debunking than “grand policy proposals” per se here, because there’s so much…

…don’t get behind on their debt. Today, 80% of all borrowers are unable to make payments. These, clearly, are not wealthy people. Debunking Smetter’s Claim Smetter’s claim the average household income of…

…German man did. Why? The article reporting on this oddity mentions “private reasons,” but his immune system was fine and he did not die.” debunking attacks on COVID vaccine safety…

…Survivors and DI-Disability Insurance. The first myth, which comes mostly from the Right, is that those assets are just ‘Phony IOUs’. The second myth comes mostly from the Left and…

…“no” to spending. Here we go. Her first sentence is an exercise in made-up right-wing talking point mythology. I’ve already exploded the ‘Obama is a profligate spender” myth, here, here,…

…expect GW’s eventual successor to turn things around, largely for the reason that a) Republicans following the Reagan myth and GW’s more recent approach would have little incentive to break…

…nomination, Movement Conservative hero Ronald Reagan took a stand against gun control. In 1980, the Republican platform opposed the federal registration of firearms, and the NRA endorsed a presidential candidate—Reagan–…

…presidential candidate—Reagan—for the first time. When President Reagan took office, a new American era, dominated by Movement Conservatives, began. And the power of the NRA over American politics grew. In…