The confidential presentation, available in full here and provided to POLITICO by a source on the call, suggests that Democrats are acknowledging the failure of their predictions that the health care legislation would grow more popular after its passage, as its benefits became clear and rhetoric cooled. Instead, the presentation is designed to win over a skeptical public and to defend the legislation — in particular, the individual mandate — from a push for repeal.
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The presentation also concedes that the fiscal and economic arguments that were the White House's first and most aggressive sales pitch have essentially failed.
The Democrats didn't care about the cost or had no idea anyway. It's impossible for a Democrat understand economics. If one did, that one would no longer be a Democrat.
Good point BC. What people in their "right" mind would want to have health care for themselves or, if they already have heath care, to give it to others. Doesn't make sense when they can save the dough and upgrade their next catered soirée in the Hamptons.
moksha wrote:Good point BC. What people in their "right" mind would want to have health care for themselves or, if they already have heath care, to give it to others. Doesn't make sense when they can save the dough and upgrade their next catered soirée in the Hamptons.
It's the exact opposite. One effect of health care reform is to screw the middle class. The upper class can get non-emergency care off shore. How dare the middle class think that it is entitled to health care of similar quality to what Obama and his friends get.
This is a marketing presentation. Big effing deal.
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