Making Sense of Democrat Holiday Propaganda

The internet buzzes today about the Democrat's publishing a "guide to talking politics with your republican uncle."  I do not intend to reference that site here.  Google it if you desire to see it for yourself.

Jammie Wearing Fool makes a feeble attempt at rebuttal.  It references a somewhat less feeble attempt.  And so on.  Republican response has been weak.  Complaining about "ruining Thanksgiving dinner" is a legitimate claim certainly,  but Republicans continue to struggle mobilizing their message.

Democrats designed the propaganda site to be mobile friendly, so their supporters can easily access information at the dinner table.  Regardless of the correctly stated violations of etiquette, rebuttal is the best way to squelch this ambush.  Granting that rebuttal can not take the form of a thoroughly researched dissertation, common sense should rule this day.  Defusing an argument at the dinner table only requires one successful refutation.  Here are a few examples of how I would respond to that end.

As feeble as Republican attempts have been to rebut this detail, the Democrat talking points have been worse.  They mainly serve circumstantial, very poorly analyzed evidence citing weak or internal sources.  Let's consider how to respond to the propaganda in a calmly reasoned approach.

Deficit:
They argue the deficit as a percentage of GDP has been cut by more than 50%.  Besides the spun statistic, in part, they cite their own government papers to support this claim.  The second support is a Congressional Budget Office Study which says Obamacare requires a significant tax increase to offset the deficit increase.  The deficit is currently $17.2 Trillion.  When Obama took office, it was $11 Trillion.  It's growing at record pace.  The only way they know to cut it is to take more of our earnings.  This hurts the economy in the long run.

Jobs:
They say we've seen job growth for 44 consecutive months.  I say, again, they're reporting their own numbers.  Plus, that's not the real problem.  FactCheck.org dissects these claims.  Millions more live in poverty.  Household incomes have not kept pace with inflation.   The debt is up 90% and on pace to double before 2016.  The real problem is that we're not creating anything new because of onerous government regulations and college students who major in unmarketable subject matter.  The government needs to get out of our way and we need to focus on creating and building again rather than distracting ourselves with party propaganda.

Taxes:
With the deficit rising, eventually taxes will require increase.  Obamacare will raise marginal tax rates for most Americans 10% by 2015.

Obamacare helps small business save money:
Yes, ObamaCare cuts small business expense by relieving entrepreneurs of the responsibility of providing health insurance for their employees because they can no longer afford it.  That does not account for the simple fact that the insurance employees must seek is overpriced and in many cases completely unaffordable and inaccessible.

Obamacare is a government takeover of the healthcare system:
They claim Obamacare was the result of Republican ideas.  This is true.  Progressives in the Republican party authored a policy to force people to buy insurance.  The Democrat version of that policy validates this Corporatism.  The fact is Democrats found it a handy way to gain more power over your health care decisions while enriching their Big Insurance donors.  Fortunately, at least for now, they've been unable to manage the complexities and establish a working system.  All we have to do is look at the health care website for an apt description of how well this system is being managed.

The Supreme Court Rules Obamacare Constitutional:
Yes, by calling it a tax, when throughout the 2012 campaign, the Obama team repeatedly claimed it was not a tax.

On Climate:
Claiming 97% of scientists agree is specious because it's nearly impossible to sample all scientists.  Ultimately this is hard to judge, and climate change can be a matter of common sense.  Humans can not control the weather.

Do we really need to do this over Thanksgiving Dinner?  Our tribal differences are bad enough without compromising the few times we have to come together in peace.