Lies Or Errors, It Really Doesn’t Matter

“In the simplicity of their minds, people more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small lie, since they themselves often tell small lies in little matters but would be ashamed to resort to large-scale falsehoods. It would never come into their heads to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would not believe that others could have such impudence.
Even though the facts which prove this to be so may be brought clearly to their minds, they will still doubt and continue to think that there may be some other explanation.”
— Adolph Hitler

Ridiculous And Dangerous

If you think you can’t learn anything from a ridiculous looking, genocidal maniac, think again.  World leaders have known what Hitler knew centuries before Hitler wrote the words above.  There are some MASSIVE lies being told to the public all around the world right now and the perpetrators of the lies are the very people that were elected to protect and serve their respective countries.

Keep a vigilant eye out for inconsistencies.  When a person says one things and DOES another, you KNOW that person is lying.

Chairman Ben

Here are some things said by someone in the U.S. who has a very powerful job.  See if you can guess who said them:

May 17, 2007: “The effects of the troubles in the sub-prime sector on the broader
housing market will likely be limited, and we do not expect significant spillovers from the
subprime market to the rest of the economy, or to the financial system.”

July 18, 2007: “If energy prices level off as currently anticipated, overall inflation should
slow to a pace close to that of core inflation in coming quarters.”

October 15, 2007: “The banking system is healthy… Rather than becoming more crisisprone,
the financial system is likely to emerge from this episode healthier and more
stable than before.”

November 8, 2007: “We have not calculated the probability of a recession. Our
assessment is for slower growth, but positive growth going into next year. We think that
by the spring, early next year, that, as these credit problems resolve and as, we hope,
the housing market begins to find a bottom, that the broader resiliency of the economy,
which we are seeing in other areas outside of housing, will take control and will help the
economy recover to a more reasonable growth pace.”

January 10, 2008: “Thus, notwithstanding the effects of multi-billion dollar write-downs
on the earnings and share prices of some large institutions, the banking system remains
sound… The Federal Reserve is not currently forecasting a recession.”

February 27, 2008: “The central tendency of the projections is for the real GDP to grow
between 1.3 percent and 2.0 percent in 2008.”

April 2, 2008: “Monetary and fiscal politics are in train that should support a return to
growth in the second half of this year and next year.”

June 3, 2008: “We may see somewhat better economic conditions during the second
half of 2008, reflecting the effects of monetary and fiscal stimulus, reduced drag from
residential construction, further progress in the repair of financial and credit markets,
and still solid demand from abroad. This baseline forecast is consistent with our recently
released projections, which also see growth picking up further in 2009. Futures markets
continue to predict that commodity prices will level out.”

July 15, 2008: “Growth is projected to pick up gradually over the next two years as
residential construction bottoms out and begins a slow recovery and as credit conditions
gradually improve.”

September 24, 2008: “Over time, a number of factors should promote the return of our
economy to higher levels of employment and sustainable growth with price stability,
including the stimulus being provided by monetary policy, lower oil and commodity
prices, increasing stability in the mortgage and housing markets, and the natural
recuperative powers of our economy.”

Lies Or Mistakes?

Here’s my point: it DOESN’T MATTER whether this person was misleading 300 million people or if he was just wrong.  EITHER WAY, this person (and those whom he represents) cannot be trusted.

Luke.

P.S. If you haven’t guessed who is the author of the above statements, just leave a comment and I’ll tell you.