Friday, May 13, 2005
Grassley and the Big Lie about Social Security
Sen. Charles Grassley, Republican Head of the Senate Finance Committee, blasted Democrats for not coming up with solutions for making Social Security solvent. His tirade is just a prolongation of Bush’s “big lie” campaign to scare Americans into believing that Social Security is in crises.
The “big lie” works like this. Invent a crisis where none currently exists. State only the information (real or not) that benefits your argument and repeat the message over and over and over until people believe. Ignore all information that might undermine your argument and attack anyone who might disagree. Then, after convincing everyone that there is a crisis and marginalizing your opponents, you come up with the solution to the crisis you manufactured.
http://www.interventionmag.com/cms/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1070
The “big lie” works like this. Invent a crisis where none currently exists. State only the information (real or not) that benefits your argument and repeat the message over and over and over until people believe. Ignore all information that might undermine your argument and attack anyone who might disagree. Then, after convincing everyone that there is a crisis and marginalizing your opponents, you come up with the solution to the crisis you manufactured.
http://www.interventionmag.com/cms/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1070
