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POPS “The Other 95%” = 100% Lies But how does he conjure this miracle, especially since more than a third of all Americans already pay no income taxes at all? There are several sleights of hand, but the most creative is to redefine the meaning of “tax cut.” For the Obama Democrats, a tax cut is no longer letting you keep more of what you earn. In their lexicon, a tax cut includes tens of billions of dollars in government handouts that are disguised by the phrase “tax credit.” A “credit” is not a “cut.” In order to cut something, there must be a something to cut. Otherwise, we’re merely — oh, how can I say this? — spreading the wealth around. Usually when politicians are caught in such a blatant mischaracterization of the facts, they revise their rhetoric. Not Obama! The lie remains on his website. And if we’re to believe Joe Biden, it’s not even a patriotic lie. Five years ago, the highest form of patriotism was dissent. Now that the dissenters want their taxes cut, paying taxes is the ...