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A half truth deceives the recipient by presenting something believable and using those aspects of the statement that can be shown to be true as good reason to believe the statement is true in its entirety, or that the statement represents the whole truth. A person who is deceived by a half truth (there are several kinds) will then consider the proposition to be knowledge and act accordingly.
For example:
Schellinger’s plan notes that Indiana has lost 27,700 manufacturing jobs since Daniels took office. Unemployment filings have become the third-highest in the nation, and the state still suffers from high rates of personal bankruptcies and home foreclosures, he said.
What he fails to say is over 100,000 more Hoosiers are employed now than when Governor Daniels took office in 2005. Indiana’s unemployment rate is the lowest in six years and the lowest in the Midwest. Schellinger insinuates that the high rate of home foreclosures are the Gov’s fault? It’s called the sub-prime Jimbo.
In the jobs arena, Governor Daniels established the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, a new public-private business attraction organization, to aggressively bring businesses to Indiana. Since taking office, Gov. Daniels has closed a record 445 business deals, which will generate 53,500 new good-paying jobs and more than $13.8 billion in new investments.
These are good paying jobs, with an average annual salary of more than $39,000, or about $5500 more per year than the average Hoosier salary. Also, in 2006, Indiana was the only state to attract three new auto manufacturing facilities, as Honda, Toyota and Cummins announced major new plants.
Another example:
Long-Thompson states in her new commercial “I won’t sell state assets to foreign companies”.
Not even a half-truth, it’s a lie. What’s she going to do, buy something back that was never sold in the first place? Get it right Jill, NOTHING was sold. She stopped short of saying she’d give back the $1.2 billion dollar state surplus it generated, part of which is reducing your property taxes. Long-Thompson also fails to tell you that last year Indiana led the nation in direct foreign investment. For you slow people, that’s foreign dollars invested *here* in Indiana.
On another front. Schellinger is going dirty by highlighting Long-Thompson’s inability to balance her checkbook by bouncing more than $1700 in checks. See the Howey report for details.
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let’s start with Jobs:
Fom a recent JG edition:
His latest ad does have one problem. It says “if you look at the stats now we’re leading the Midwest in job creation.”
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Indiana has gained 52,600 jobs from January 2005 - when Daniels took over - to January 2008, the most recent month with data.
This is higher than Michigan and Ohio, but Illinois and Kentucky have gained thousands more jobs than Indiana.
GET THAT??? How can we LEAD if Illinois and Kentucy are ahead of us???
or how about this from the Schellinger camp:
Earlier this year, Daniels rammed through a 17 percent sales tax hike that will go into effect tomorrow, the same day that tolls along the Indiana Toll Road, which Daniels privatized, will double for many commuters.
Daniels’ 2005 budget directly contributed to property tax increases, education funding cuts and a cash crunch for local governments. He also has lobbied to raise taxes, including the cigarette tax and the income tax, every legislative session since taking office.
GET THAT??? Daniels budget created the “problem” that he fixed with a 17% sales tax increase.
If you think this is a good thing, you are using “fuzzy math”.
Rammed through? Which party controls the Indiana House?
Thought it was just 1%. Glad I purchased my new vehicle before the 17% went into effect! Shit, glad I didn’t pay an extra $5650.00
Jennifer Wagner,
Thank you!
Speak the truth and share the wealth of information.
We need more positive information.
I’m with you all the way…fuzzy math from the Schellinger camp and
Jill Long a nice agricultural person: no Way that my vote goes to either one.
A 17% sales tax increase is a slight exageration …it is actually 16.6667%. That is the answer when you take 7% minus 6% and divide that answer by the previous 6% rate.
On the other hand, rates have little to do with actual tax increases as DT has instructed us here before. If you buy a new car for $33,000, as Lucy did, you get whacked with a $2,310 tax bill …up from $1,980. When we look at this over time it works out to only 5.50 per month over five years of car payments. Dan, of course, pays for his new cars with cash (that the bank has to report to the government under money laundering statutes).
hey Gadly, desiderate sonno con i pesci?
I did what?
TOO Funny