talking points that piss you off

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Just to bring this thread back on topic, here are a few of my pet peeves in political posturing.

"Small businesses are the engines of job creation" - no, actually that would be large and medium-sized businesses.

"If we raise the minimum wage, unemployment will go up" - nope.

"Unions are outdated/a relic of the past/are on the out because of technological change." - See every other industrialized country that has seen technological change. Guess what? They all still have stronger labor movements than the United States. 1 out of every 4 German workers is a union member, and they're experienced just as much technological change as we have.

"Obama is [anything to the left of what he actually is]"

"Bill Clinton/Ronald Reagan was the best president ever"

"[anything having to do with us needing to reduce the deficit right now]"

"People who work in fast food don't deserve [a living wage]" which is usually accompanied by "We shouldn't punish success by closing the capital gains tax loophole" or "we shouldn't raise taxes on the rich"

"Nuclear power is a dirty form of energy" - this one really kills me.

"GMOs need to be banned, because they're unnatural"

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Any sort of "middle class lifestyles are getting more expensive" article where the author thinks paying $5000/yr for a cleaning lady to come in once a week is a working joe thing to do.

Add this to my list.