Epidemic of Shared Lies
Treating an old problem as a brand-new problem, or treating a pre-existing thing as a brand-new thing, are common variants on the Shared Lie. We have a special epidemic of these variants lately, along with the constant daily barrage of RUSSIAN_HACKING Shared Lies and the TWO separate RUSSIAN_POISON_GAS Shared Lies.

1. We started the Syrian war in 2013, and we've been running one side of it for 5 years. Despite that, everyone is treating our latest missile attack as "starting a war". We're discussing what will happen "after" we "start a war" in Syria.

2. There has been a partial wall on the Mexican border for decades. Trump proposed to "build the wall" as a slogan, but he understood that we really need to FINISH the wall, not START the wall. Despite that, everyone is discussing the consequences of "building a wall", without even noticing that it's there.

3. China has been running a full-scale Trade War against us for 30 years. We surrendered and collaborated with the enemy immediately and permanently. Despite that, Trump's weak little first countermove is treated by everyone as Starting A Trade War, and everyone discusses the HORRIBLE CONSEQUENCES of Starting A Trade War.

4. Every year Congress does tax "reform" and tax "simplification", which always leads to infinitely greater complexity and infinitely more loopholes. Every year Congress tells us that you can now fill out your taxes on a postcard. In fact about half of all taxpayers ALREADY do that. If you have plain old wages and use the standard deduction, IRS already knows your income, and you can ask them to figure the taxes for you and pay the refund or bill you for the underpay. This has been true for at least two decades. Despite that, Trump was talking to some Repooflican fuckheads this week and made the same old postcard promise. "Now, thanks to my efforts, you can just send in the postcard." Repooflicans know better. Repoofs NEVER take the standard deduction, because the SINGLE SOLE TOTAL PURPOSE of a Repoof's life is to pay ZERO TAX ZERO TAX ZERO TAX. Repoofs will spend several million dollars on accountants and lawyers to GUARANTEE that they pay exactly ZERO TAX ZERO TAX ZERO TAX to the government. Tax evasion is a HOLY MISSION for Repoofs.
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