Few characteristics of political discourse are more infuriating than the ease with which language is manipulated. Depending on who´s talking, a tax is not a tax. It´s "an investment". If a political operative is intent on frightening the electorate into the voting booths, an increase in federal funding that is still above the rate of inflation can be "a cut". And governmentally instituted racism that favors a targeted group of beneficiaries is not really racism; it´s "affirmative action". Such bastardizations certainly help to foster the impression that "all politicians are liars", perhaps, rightly so. But if done often enough...