Helping people understand false claims in ads may help them tighten their pocketbooks and avoid debt.

帮助人们明白广告中虚假的说法可能会帮助他们扣紧钱夹，避免债务。

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The idea that we have a debt and deficit problem is patently false.

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For example, believing that driving the country into default on its debt is good for all may be false, but it is not delusional.

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Anyone who closely follows the unfolding European sovereign debt crisis should have noticed that both premises are false.

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