Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Obama Says, Don't Bother Reading the Contract

A reminder that we are dealing with a slick salesman rushing us to buy that car in the lot without looking under the hood. After all, this deal "won't last long." From Human Events:

How many television hucksters rush you to buy something because the opportunity will not last? How many used car salesmen have told you that you that you need to ‘sign on the dotted line’ without fully reading the contract because the details are simply ‘boilerplate’? When was the last time some stock broker showed you the numbers for just the first few years of a loan repayment because ‘the investment will pay for itself’despite a huge balloon payment coming up? Welcome to health care reform, President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid-style.

Steny Hoyer (D-Md), the House Majority Leader, recently responded to a question about members of Congress actually reading the health care reform bill before voting in favor of it. “If every member pledged to not vote for it if they hadn’t read it in its entirety, I think we would have very few votes.” In other words, do not bother to read the contract you are about to sign. Do not worry about what is actually in the bill, or what it means. Trust us -- it does not ration care to seniors, it does not raise taxes on small businesses and millions of the uninsured, it will not force you to give up your doctor or the health plan you currently have. (more)

Uh, yeah.....right.... Remember when asked about whether the Investors Business was correct in its assertion that the new plan wouldn't force you to give your doctor or health plan, Obama said he couldn't recall...

3 comments:

Euripides said...

Of course Obama couldn't recall about that clause in the bill. His teleprompter had broken at the time. Universal health coverage for TOTUS, now that's an idea who's time has come.

eutychus said...

TOTUS? Is that Tyrant of the United States?

Euripides said...

Teleprompter of the United States.