We the People Fiscal Responsibility Act: The Dirtiest Lies They’ll Tell to Stop Fiscal Responsibility

Jeremy Black
Dec 15, 2025
8 min read

Updated: Dec 17, 2025

We the People are done with Lying Politicians!

We the People Fiscal Responsibility Act: Pay Off $38T Debt

(And How to Destroy Every One, Before They Even Say It)

They are coming.

The second this Act gets real traction, the cartel, lobbyists, bureaucrats, politicians, and their media mouthpieces — will unleash a firehose of lies to protect their $38 trillion debt empire.

They did it with the ACA. They did it with drug-price caps. They did it with every attempt to balance the budget.

They will do it again.

But this time, we’re ready.

Here are the 20 dirtiest lies they will tell to kill the We the People Fiscal Responsibility Act, and the bullet-proof, source-backed destruction of every single one.

Read this. Memorize it. Share it. When the lies come, you’ll be the one who ends the conversation in 30 seconds.

The Elite Playbook: How They Craft and Spread These Lies (And Why They Work)

Before the lies, understand the playbook.

Elites use a proven 5-step process:

Create the Lie: Lobbyists draft talking points in backrooms.
Psychological Basis: Anchor to fear (loss aversion) or tribal loyalty (“your side good, other bad”).
Amplify Through Media: Pay for ads and “experts” (ex-members on payroll).
Historical Effectiveness: Similar lies on ACA kept 57 % believing “death panels” (Gallup 2017) or that ACA “saved money” despite 178 % premium hikes (Gallup 2025).
Divide and Conquer: Make it red vs. blue so citizens fight each other instead of them.

Psychology: Lies work because of availability cascade (repeat it enough, it feels true) and emotional anchoring (tie to “grandma losing Social Security”).

Historical % belief: On ACA, 45 % believed “death panels” at peak (Kaiser 2013), 62 % believe “ACA reduced costs” despite 178 % premium hikes (Gallup 2025).

Our counter: Facts, sources, and demands.

Now let’s destroy the lies one by one.

Lie #1 – “This will cut Social Security and Medicare!”

Deeper Dive: “Balancing the budget means slashing benefits for seniors, grandma will lose her checks!”

Historical Example: During ACA debates (2010), Republicans claimed “death panels” would ration care for seniors, a complete fabrication that stuck with 45 % of Americans (Kaiser 2013). Democrats used the same fear in 2017 ACA repeal attempts, claiming “cuts to Medicare” despite no cuts. Effectiveness: 74 % of seniors fear “Medicare cuts” (AARP 2025). Psychological basis: Loss aversion seniors fear losing benefits more than gaining savings. How to Destroy It: The Act ties to Pillar 2 healthcare savings ($1.95T/year) entitlements stay intact and become solvent forever. No cuts, just waste elimination. Source: CBO 2025 vs. Sweden’s pension reform (no cuts, surplus). Ask your rep: “Why do you oppose solvency without cuts?”

Lie #2 – “This is austerity that will cause a recession!”

Deeper Dive: “Cutting spending kills jobs and growth, look at Europe!”

Historical Example: During 2011 debt ceiling fight, media claimed “austerity” would crash economy, reality: no cuts happened, debt rose $10T. Sweden’s 20 % cuts in 1990s called “austerity disaster”, reality: growth 3.5 %/year.
Effectiveness: 68 % believe “spending cuts cause recessions” (Pew 2025). Psychological basis: Keynesian anchoring, fear of “demand drop.” How to Destroy It: Sweden, Canada, New Zealand cut 20 % and boomed. Waste cuts free capital for private growth. Source: OECD 2025 growth data. The Act cuts waste, not essentials.

Lie #3 – “This is Republican cuts to hurt the poor!”

Deeper Dive: “This is right-wing austerity to gut welfare and help the rich!”

Historical Example: ACA opponents called it “socialism”, supporters called repeal “cuts to poor.” Same framing.
Effectiveness: 65 % of Democrats believe “balanced budgets hurt poor” (Pew 2025). Psychological basis: Zero-sum thinking + class-war framing. How to Destroy It: Surpluses fund tax cuts and programs — poor win most. Non-partisan, both parties caused debt. Source: Canada’s 1990s cuts (unemployment 11 % → 6 %).

Lie #4 – “We need debt for emergencies like COVID!”

Deeper Dive: “No debt means no response to crises, we’ll be helpless!”

Historical Example: COVID spending called “necessary”, $6T added, $200B fraud (GAO 2025).
Effectiveness: 71 % believe “debt needed for emergencies” (Gallup 2025). Psychological basis: Scarcity fear. How to Destroy It: Supermajority for emergencies, protects real crises. Debt didn’t help COVID response, waste did harm.

Lie #5 – “This locks in bloated government forever!”

Deeper Dive: “Capping spending means no new programs, progress stops!”

Historical Example: 1995 BBA attempt called “lock in austerity", reality: would have forced prioritization.
Effectiveness: 62 % believe “caps hurt innovation” (Pew 2025). Psychological basis: Status-quo bias. How to Destroy It: Forces prioritization. ends $1–2T waste/year. Surpluses fund new priorities.

Lie #6 – “Debt is good, we owe it to ourselves!”

Deeper Dive: “National debt is just money we owe ourselves, no problem!”

Historical Example: MMT push in 2020s claimed “debt doesn’t matter”, ignored $1.2T interest.
Effectiveness: 58 % believe “debt not a problem” (Gallup 2025). Psychological basis: Denial. How to Destroy It: Interest $1.2T, more than defense. Foreign holders own 20 % (China $859B). Source: Treasury 2025.

Lie #7 – “This hurts national security!”

Deeper Dive: “No debt means no military spending, China wins!”

Historical Example: Defense hawks claim “cuts weaken America”, ignore $3T waste.
Effectiveness: 67 % believe “debt needed for security” (Pew 2025). Psychological basis: Nationalism fear. How to Destroy It: Debt weakens security, surpluses strengthen it without borrowing. Source: CBO 2025.

Lie #8 – “This is impossible, look at Japan!”

Deeper Dive: “High debt works, Japan has 250 % GDP debt and is fine!”

Historical Example: Japan used as “debt ok” example since 2000, reality: stagnation for 30 years.
Effectiveness: 61 % believe “high debt ok” (Gallup 2025). Psychological basis: False comparison. How to Destroy It: Japan stagnates, growth <1 %/year. We pay off debt and boom like Sweden.

Lie #9 – “This is just a Republican plan to cut Democrat programs!”

Deeper Dive: “This is MAGA austerity to gut welfare!”

Historical Example: ACA called “socialism”, now defended as sacred. Same flip.
Effectiveness: 67 % of Democrats view any reform as “Republican” (Pew 2025). Psychological basis: Tribal loyalty. How to Destroy It: Non-partisan, both parties caused debt. 91 % of Americans want responsibility.

Lie #10 – “This is just Democrat big government!”

Deeper Dive: “This is hidden tax-and-spend!”

Historical Example: Republicans called ACA “big government”, now defend status quo.
Effectiveness: 64 % of Republicans view any reform as “Democrat” (Pew 2025). Psychological basis: Tribal loyalty. How to Destroy It: Zero new taxes, cuts waste. Non-partisan.

Lie #11 – “This is unconstitutional!”

Deeper Dive: “Congress can’t cap spending, violates separation of powers!”

Historical Example: ACA opponents claimed “unconstitutional”, upheld.
Effectiveness: 54 % of Republicans believe (Gallup 2025). Psychological basis: Authority bias. How to Destroy It: Same power as ACA and Medicare. Supreme Court has upheld spending caps.

Lie #12 – “This will cause massive unemployment!”

Deeper Dive: “Cutting spending kills jobs, look at Great Depression!”

Historical Example: 2011 debt ceiling “austerity” blamed for slow recovery, reality: no cuts happened.
Effectiveness: 59 % believe “cuts cause unemployment” (KFF 2025). Psychological basis: Keynesian fear. How to Destroy It: Sweden/Canada cut 20 % and unemployment fell. Waste cuts free capital for private jobs.

Lie #13 – “This helps the rich and hurts the poor!”

Deeper Dive: “Surpluses mean tax cuts for billionaires!”

Historical Example: 2017 tax cuts called “for rich”, but debt rose.
Effectiveness: 63 % of Democrats believe (Pew 2025). Psychological basis: Zero-sum thinking. How to Destroy It: Poor get biggest relative gains from lower interest/taxes. Surpluses fund programs.

Lie #14 – “This is too radical, we need compromise!”

Deeper Dive: “Bipartisan study first, no rush!”

Historical Example: Every BBA attempt died in “compromise” committees.
Effectiveness: 72 % believe “compromise needed” (Pew 2025). Psychological basis: Centrism bias. How to Destroy It: Compromise = loopholes. We demand the full act.

Lie #15 – “This hurts women/minorities the most!”

Deeper Dive: “Cuts to programs hit vulnerable hardest!”

Historical Example: ACA repeal called “hurts women”, reality: ACA left 28 million uninsured.
Effectiveness: 65 % believe (Pew 2025). Psychological basis: Social justice framing. How to Destroy It: Women/minorities have highest debt burden, they win biggest with surpluses.

Lie #16 – “The media says it’s impossible!”

Deeper Dive: “Even experts call this extreme!”

Historical Example: ACA called “radical”, now defended.
Effectiveness: 59 % trust media “experts” (Gallup 2025). Psychological basis: Authority bias. How to Destroy It: Media ignores $38T crisis while taking lobby ads.

Lie #17 – “Congress will water it down!”

Deeper Dive: “They’ll pass a weak version, just like always!”

Historical Example: 2007 lobbying reform, 2-year cooling-off ignored.
Effectiveness: 72 % believe “reform watered down” (Pew 2025). Psychological basis: Learned helplessness. How to Destroy It: We reject anything less, or primary them.

Lie #18 – “It will never pass!”

Deeper Dive: “Both parties are bought, hopeless!”

Historical Example: 27th Amendment passed after 202 years of citizen pressure.
Effectiveness: 68 % believe “nothing changes” (Gallup 2025). Psychological basis: Cynicism. How to Destroy It: We only need 218 + 60. Primary every refuser.

Lie #19 – “You’re being divisive!”

Deeper Dive: “This attacks government workers and programs!”

Historical Example: ACA opponents called “divisive”, now gospel.
Effectiveness: 55 % hate “divisive” rhetoric (Pew 2025). Psychological basis: False equivalence. How to Destroy It: The cartel divides us. We’re uniting against waste.

Lie #20 – “What can one person do?”

Deeper Dive: “I’m just one vote, it doesn’t matter.”

Historical Example: Every revolution started with one person sharing a pamphlet.
Effectiveness: 74 % feel powerless (Gallup 2025). Psychological basis: Diffusion of responsibility. How to Destroy It: One text, one call, one share moves the counter. When it hits one million, Congress surrenders. You are one of one million.

The Playbook They’ll Use – And How We Win

They will:

Flood TV with sad seniors
Pay “experts” to write op-eds
Leak fake CBO scores
Attach poison-pill amendments
Blame the “other side” for gridlock

We will:

Share this post
Call our reps
Primary the refusers
Never back down

They have money. We have millions of citizens.

The Bonus Section: How Effective the Elites/Politicians/Media Lies Are – And Why It Should Make Every Citizen Rethink Everything

Look at the 20 lies above.

Now look at how effective they are.

- BBA Example: Every balanced budget amendment attempt since 1982 was killed with lies like “cuts will cause recession” or “hurts the poor” 68 % believed “austerity kills growth” at peak (Gallup 2011), despite Sweden/Canada booming after cuts.

- Debt Ceiling Fights: 2011 and 2013 crises media claimed “default catastrophe” if spending cut reality: no default, just theater. 71 % feared “economic collapse” (Pew 2013).

- COVID Spending: $6T called “necessary stimulus” $200B fraud ignored. 62 % believed “debt doesn’t matter in crisis” (Gallup 2021).

- Effectiveness Stats: 74 % fear “cuts hurt poor” (Pew 2025), 68 % believe “debt needed for growth” (Gallup) — psychological bases like loss aversion and authority bias make lies stick.

These lies work so well that 55 % of Americans still think “debt is manageable” despite $1.2T interest crowding out everything else (Gallup 2025).

This should make every citizen rethink how they get their information.

- Demand unbiased media: Boycott outlets that frame debt as “necessary” while taking lobby ads.

- Punish liars: Stop donating to parties that add trillions while claiming “fiscal responsibility.” Primary every politician who spreads these lies.

- Ask the big question: If they’re lying about the debt, what else are they lying about? Healthcare? Wars? Borders?

Your uncle isn’t the enemy.

Your friend on the “other side” isn’t the enemy.

The elites who keep us divided while adding $38 trillion are the enemy.

Stop fighting each other.

Start fighting them.

The We the People Fiscal Responsibility Act is how we win.

Read the Main Pillar and Join the FIGHT!