I had a lot of time to listen to news/talk radio today.
I came to 2 important conclusions.
1) Listening to the news lately could very well be the reason my blood pressure has been high.
2) President Obama is using language designed to appeal to the very worst in people. If you listen to his rhetoric concerning health care, it is clear that he wants Americans to support his program based on what is in it for them, without regard for the burden it will unarguably place on our children, and their children, etc, etc, etc. Burdens in the forms of higher taxes, rampant inflation, and constricted freedom.
The sad thing is that, based on our history from the last 50 years, the strategy of appealing to greed is very often successful.
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