Wednesday, August 12, 2009

What is wrong with the truth?


There are a lot of reasons to be suspicious and angry at the White House and the majority party. They rammed the "stimulus" bills through with no political opposition support, claiming there was no time for discussion because the sky was falling. As it plays out, only a fraction of the billions has actually been spent (most going to banks), but the banks are not lending the money to Americans to "stimulate" the economy (gee, I thought that is what we were told), but instead using it as accounting counterweight to the overvalued assets on their books, the same toxic assets they created themselves with irresponsible lending. Now, the White House is telling us that the healthcare reform legislation must be passed immediately or the sky will fall again. They poo-poo the idea of actually reading the 1,000-page documents or carefully explaining the details to the citizens who they propose to saddle with the unimaginable longterm debt. The White House wants universal healthcare, a single payer system. Obama neatly dances around that characterization because it is the hallwork of socialism, but the written and video evidence of him both supporting and promising it in the past confirms his true agenda. But, rather than actually explaining the details of this breathless legislation, the White House instead attacks their critics and calls their dissent "un-American". That is not how honest people behave. They should be tripping over themselves to explain every detail of the bills. Aren't they proud of their work? That they are deliberately NOT explaining the details makes my radar rise. They claim there is no time for discussion and that this opportunity must be grabbed now or lost forever. That is how a timeshare salesman works. I am suspicious about an author of ideas who is not willing to have those ideas examined and debated, who calls questioners "un-American", and claims support that does not exist (see AARP's denial of its support). If these bills cannot withstand scrutiny, then they are not worthy of passage. I want the truth. The White House behaves like I can't handle it.

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