WHY do Libs continue to lie about income and wealth distribution?

Question

OK there are FACTS on this. DATA. And it COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY REFUTES the class warfare argument.

There are NOT facts that support it - the Libs take data that shows that while entry-level workers make only 5-10% more in real income than was the case a generation ago, people at the height of their careers make a lot more, and they misrepresent this as a difference between two permanent groups. It's been the same MO since the 1980s and it's just as misleading now as it was then.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1229294/posts
http://www.nytimes.com/specials/downsize/21cox.html
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/1988/05/art1full.pdf
http://www.frbsf.org/econrsrch/wklyltr/el97-07.html#winners
http://www.dallasfed.org/fed/annual/1999p/ar95.html
http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/25/pf/record_millionaires/index.htm?cnn=yes
http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/28/news/economy/millionaire_survey/index.htm?cnn=yes
http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/28/news/economy/millionaires/?cnn=yes

Answer 1

You might try reading your own references...

freerepublic.com is a conservative mouthpiece

nytimes article: "In 1994, the latest year available, the BOTTOM FIFTH of households earned just 3.6 percent of the nation's income and saw THEIR SHARE of the wealth FALL from 4.2 percent in 1975 to 3.6 percent. The TOP FIFTH, meanwhile, RECEIVED ALMOST HALF OF THE NATION'S INCOME, *UP* from 43.7 percent in 1975."

bls.gov: This is an article written in 1988! This was long before Bush became President. So the credit for a more equitable distribution of wealth goes to Clinton?

frbsf.org: This was written in 1997, again, long before Bush became President.

dallasfed.org: Written in 1995. That Clinton guy sure did a good job of making sure that the middle class and poor were treated fairly!

money.cnn.com: These articles go to show that the wealthy are getting wealthier under Bush's economy, while the middle class and poor fall farther behind. Isn't that the point you are trying to disprove?

Bush's tax cuts for the mega-wealthy and program cuts for health and education have divided America and devastated the American economy (looks good now, but somebody else has gotta pay for those record defecits, some other President take the blame for the economic crash when they come due).

Answer 2

Show us some data and a coherent argument, please. Not a bunch of links you were fed at Free Republic.