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Big Sarge · 11-16-2014, 09:36 PM

I am getting the feeling that many of you are comfortable with being lied to, especially if it for your own good because you are too stupid to understand the matter.

Gruber explains unapologetically that lying was politically necessary because the voting public would otherwise never have accepted the fundamentals of the ACA. He says that the Obama administration and ACA proponents strategically obscured the fact that the flawed legislation’s financing was based on a massive tax hike on the young and healthy. He also unmasks former Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, now secretary of state, whom Gruber calls a “genius” for his role in duping the public.

At a conference at the University of Pennsylvania last year, Gruber said that “the lack of transparency is a real political advantage” in passing legislation, then cheerfully added that “the stupidity of the American voter was really critical for the Affordable Care Act to pass.” Speaking of the American public in such demeaning terms in front of a camera shows a dangerous political smugness.

He also reveals the depths to which President Obama and the Democrats on Capitol Hill went to lie to the public in order to pass the ACA.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/o...#storylink=cpy

So many on here have condemned President Bush for misleading the populace during the Global War on Terrorism. Why aren't you rising up with torches now??

11-16-2014, 09:36 PM	#10
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	I am getting the feeling that many of you are comfortable with being lied to, especially if it for your own good because you are too stupid to understand the matter. Gruber explains unapologetically that lying was politically necessary because the voting public would otherwise never have accepted the fundamentals of the ACA. He says that the Obama administration and ACA proponents strategically obscured the fact that the flawed legislation’s financing was based on a massive tax hike on the young and healthy. He also unmasks former Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, now secretary of state, whom Gruber calls a “genius” for his role in duping the public. At a conference at the University of Pennsylvania last year, Gruber said that “the lack of transparency is a real political advantage” in passing legislation, then cheerfully added that “the stupidity of the American voter was really critical for the Affordable Care Act to pass.” Speaking of the American public in such demeaning terms in front of a camera shows a dangerous political smugness. He also reveals the depths to which President Obama and the Democrats on Capitol Hill went to lie to the public in order to pass the ACA. Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/o...#storylink=cpy So many on here have condemned President Bush for misleading the populace during the Global War on Terrorism. Why aren't you rising up with torches now?? __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.