Did Reagan Impose An Income Tax on Social Security?
This meme from Patriotic Millionaires frequently makes the rounds on social media, but gets its facts wrong and misses much context.
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Trump’s Michael Milken Pardon is Just
The pardon of Michael Milken was an act of justice. Here’s the detailed, definitive history of Michael Milken and his prosecution in the 1980s.
When the Military Attacks (Civilians)
Courtesy of Occupy Democrats, with over 16,000 likes and 11,000 shares. Leaving aside the fact that this guy is holding a shotgun, which isn’t exactly “military-grade”, this meme raises an interesting historical question. Has the…
The Millard Fillmore Bathtub Hoax is Alive and Well
Courtesy of The Board of Elections in the City of New York, although they unfortunately have plenty of company over the years. The claim that Millard Fillmore installed the first bathtub in the White House…
Truman and the Minimum Wage
Courtesy of Norcal Fight For 15, with over 700 likes and 8,000 shares. One notable share was The Other 98%, which has over 2 million subscribers. This meme uses the 1950 minimum wage increase under…
Did FDR and Socialism End the Great Depression?
Courtesy of Occupy Democrats, with over 46,000 likes and 36,000 shares. This meme makes several claims about FDR and the Great Depression, some of which are either wrong or very misleading. We’ll break it down…
Fake Chief Seattle Speech
Courtesy of Inside the Divine Pattern. If parts of this quote sound familiar, it’s because many outlets, even seemingly credible ones, have repeated it. It’s been recited in Al Gore’s 1992 book Earth in the…
Examining the 90% Tax Rate
Courtesy of Liberal America, with over 5,900 likes and 9,700 shares. This meme has been spread extensively in various forms, including a Paul Krugman New York Times column heralding the 1950s and the high tax…
Did the Income Tax Fund the Civil War?
Courtesy of Liberal and Proud of It, with over 8,000 likes and 4,000 shares. This meme is a jab at Bush and other neocons about not paying for the Iraq War. By bringing up the…
Are These Shooters All Democrats?
Courtesy of Thought Crime Resistance, where it received over 300 likes and 4,000 shares. Similar memes have been sporadically spread by some (though not many) voices on the right, including one by Ted Nugent that…