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Thread #123258   Message #2790249
Posted By: GUEST,beardedbruce
17-Dec-09 - 07:56 AM
Thread Name: BS: US Health Care Reform
Subject: RE: BS: US Health Care Reform
"1. Partisanship is something that both parties are equally quilty ot playing..."

No, the Democrats are demonstrating that they are far more guilty, since they are in power. When the Repubs were in power, THEN they were partisan.



"2. The Goevernemnt wants to kill you garndma..."

No, it just does not care to save lives over being cost effective.



"3. The Governemnt wants to take over health care..."

No, they do not WANT to, but the bills being considered attempt to do so.




"4. Obama is a socialist..."

No, he just supports a number of policies that are closer to socialist than to capitalist.



"5. Obama wants to raise *your* taxes..."

True- He states that they will not be raised, yet the proposals he has supported will do so, regardless of what he says.




"6. If the health care reform bill is passed the unemployement will go up..."

Definitely false- If the present bills are passed, the government will grow by far more than the jobs lost in private industry.





So, I agree that Bobert is right that 5 of his 6 "lies" are not true as stated.

72% technically correct is pretty good- the best he has done so far.