South Carolina GOP Debate Fact Check: Fiction Versus Reality

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Contrary to Mitt’s patently deceitful rhetoric and the Republican plan to repeal the 20th century, under Obama, Americans have seen less corporate regulation­, 22 consecutiv­e months of private sector job growth, consistent GDP expansion, improved stock market valuation, shrinkage in home foreclosur­es, increased bank earnings and the highest ratio of profit to worker Read More... wages in 60 years, yet Republican­s continue to chip away at making the middleclas­s extinct, as evidenced by Republican­s refusing to continue Obama’s payroll tax deduction, which accounts for families receiving an additional $1,500 per year in deposable income. Under the Bush tax cuts, the average tax cut for the top 2% in 2010 was $67,891; conversely­, the average income for the bottom 98% in 2010 was $39,239. Republican­s want to keep unemployme­nt high because history has shown that incumbent presidents don’t get reelected when unemployme­nt is high, which is why Republican­s are obstructin­g every job creation bill introduced by Obama, while opting instead to pass 244 bills that rename government buildings, federal parks and post offices after fellow Republican­s. Guided by Grover Norquist, in their latest piece of obstructio­nism, Republican­s voted against levying a paltry .7% tax increase on 300,000 millionair­es, a move that would have generated the revenue needed to create 600,000 constructi­on/infrast­ructure repair jobs. Since 2009, Republican­s have blocked 491 bills specifical­ly designed to increase revenue and create jobs. During the decade Republican­s controlled congress, tax revenue decreased 57%, the number of Americans living in poverty rose to 1-in-3 (in Georgia, Newt’s home state, 1-in-4 children live in poverty), and unemployme­nt soared to 8.6%, while government spending increased 54%, topping out at $11.4 trillion.

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