Weren’t we promised some methodical and deliberate governance from President Barack Obama? What happened?
The president claims that we must pass a government-run health insurance—possibly the most wide-ranging and intricate government undertaking in decades—yesterday, or a “ticking time bomb” will explode.
If all this terrifying talk sounds familiar, it’s because the president applies the same fear-infused vocabulary to nearly all his hard-to-defend policy positions. You’ll remember the stimulus plan had to be passed without a second’s delay, or we would see 8.7 percent unemployment. We’re almost at 10.
A commonly utilized Obama straw man states that “the cost of inaction” is unacceptable. “Action,” naturally, translates into whatever policy Obama happens to be peddling at the time.
When it comes to health insurance, though, there are still reactionaries. Take the folks at the American Medical Association, who have the impudence to claim that “reform” comes with the potential to destroy their industry and your choice.
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Obama continues to claim the ability to “control” costs and expand coverage without, miraculously enough, adding to the deficit. Talk about a “ticking time bomb.”
Doesn’t a radical overhaul of one-sixth of the entire economy deserve more than “now! now! now!”?
What’s the Hurry?: The problem with Obama’s push for government-run health insurance - Reason Magazine (via bellatoris) (via hilker)
What he said. Exactly what he said.
