Ten Republican Myths Easily Debunked
There are many common myths that Republicans repeat as if they are gospel. With a little research, these myths are easily debunked. Click on each link below to view the truth about each of these Myths. 1. “The purpose of the 2nd Amendment is to overthrow the Government“. 2. “Democrats didn’t read the Health Care Reform bill before they passed it“. 3. “President Obama removed the work requirements from Welfare Reform“. 4. “Obamacare will add billions to our national debt“. 5. “Obamacare is a socialist government takeover of the healthcare system“. 6. “Obama went all over the world apologizing for…
Myth: “Obamacare Forces Me to Pay for Other People’s Health Care”
Long before the Affordable Care Act was signed into law, you were paying for other people’s healthcare in many different ways. When you pay insurance premiums, that money doesn’t only go towards your healthcare, it helps pay medical costs for every person insured by that company. Likewise, when someone without health insurance received care in an emergency room, and they couldn’t pay their bills, the hospital didn’t just write off those costs. They passed that expense on to you and every other patient in the form of higher medical costs, higher insurance premiums, and higher deductibles. However, the Affordable Health…
Myth: “Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican”
Republicans, many of whom have spent decades telling us Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a communist, now suddenly feel that it gives them credibility on social and racial issues if they maintain that Dr. King was a Republican. Once this claim was made, it spread like wildfire through the conservative media and has been reported extensively on conservative web sites and Facebook pages. The only problem is, it’s not true. Although his father, Martin Luther King Sr. had registered as a Republican, there is no evidence that MLK Jr. was ever a Republican. He never endorsed any Republican candidate, and…
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