Take the headline to the Reuters news story "Obama Seeks End of Tax Breaks for US Firms Overseas" that just appeared on the CNBC website. As my buddy Nikhil Akkaraju points out, creative wording can effectively brainwash the reader or listener.
Take, for example, the term "tax break," This is a term which projects socialist thinking into the mind of the listener.
It implies that everyone owes taxes, and that the government, or some politician in the government, somehow gives people, or takes away from them, a "break" from the taxes we are forced by legislation to pay. The mentioned headline makes our current leader a champion who eliminates any of these undeserved "breaks" for some businesses. This is semantic bullshit.
In reality, our president simply wishes to tax us more. So say it.
So let's word this correctly: "Obama Seeks to Tax US Firms Overseas."
And watch out for other socialist catch phrases like "affordable housing" (housing for those who can't afford it) and references to "the less fortunate" (implying wealth comes from luck rather than sweat).
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