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If it wasn't obvious before, it's abundantly clear now that this adminstration's modus operandi is to grossly distort, or outright lie, about an issue to build up public support for legislation. After the legislation passes, the truth eventually comes out.
Today, yet another of the adminstrations lies was proven: The true cost of the Medicare drug bill has now been announced: $720 billion over 10 years. Not the $400 billion touted by the White House.
One thing I've never understood about the bill as passed: What was the justification given to the provision in the legislation which bars Medicare from negotiating with the drug companies to get better prices? If that provision isn't the most blatantly pro-big-business, anti-little-people pile of sh_t, I don't know what is. Can any of you conservatives out there explain this provision?
And now the debate on Social Security has started. I have no problem with people defending or opposing the concept of at least partially allowing individual investment of SS contributions, as long as the debate is honest. But how can even the most right-wing conservative defend outright lies, such as "SS will be bankrupt by 2042". And it isn't as though statements such as that are inadvertent. When informed of the real truth (even after all money in the SS trust fund is exhausted [which will occur between 2042 to 2052], SS will be able to pay out 70 to 80% of the full benefit, and even 70% represents an amount in real terms [2005 dollars] greater than the current benefit), this adminstration keeps making the same statements.
There's no excuse for this. It isn't that the Administration doesn't understand. They understand exactly what they're doiong. The explanation is that truth doesn't matter. What matters is getting a piece of legislation passed. And if that requires lying, so be it.
What do you conservatives have to say about this?
Today, yet another of the adminstrations lies was proven: The true cost of the Medicare drug bill has now been announced: $720 billion over 10 years. Not the $400 billion touted by the White House.
One thing I've never understood about the bill as passed: What was the justification given to the provision in the legislation which bars Medicare from negotiating with the drug companies to get better prices? If that provision isn't the most blatantly pro-big-business, anti-little-people pile of sh_t, I don't know what is. Can any of you conservatives out there explain this provision?
And now the debate on Social Security has started. I have no problem with people defending or opposing the concept of at least partially allowing individual investment of SS contributions, as long as the debate is honest. But how can even the most right-wing conservative defend outright lies, such as "SS will be bankrupt by 2042". And it isn't as though statements such as that are inadvertent. When informed of the real truth (even after all money in the SS trust fund is exhausted [which will occur between 2042 to 2052], SS will be able to pay out 70 to 80% of the full benefit, and even 70% represents an amount in real terms [2005 dollars] greater than the current benefit), this adminstration keeps making the same statements.
There's no excuse for this. It isn't that the Administration doesn't understand. They understand exactly what they're doiong. The explanation is that truth doesn't matter. What matters is getting a piece of legislation passed. And if that requires lying, so be it.
What do you conservatives have to say about this?
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