Disinformation.
For instance, some Republicans are lying to you and trying to tell you that they aren't looking to cut the 13th check. Think I'm kidding about that? Here's what Sen. Dean Kirby (R-Pearl) was quoted as saying in the Jackson Free Press yesterday:
Sen. Dean Kirby, R-Pearl, a non-voting member of the study commission, said that at the last commission meeting, Chairman George Schloegel said commissioners have no intention of changing anything about the 13th check.And here's George Schloegel himself:
Do they think people won't check up on what they say?