There has been more than enough written today about the outright lies told by the president during his fourth prime time press conference last night. Thanks to Jake Tapper of ABC News (that's his photo up there), we actually got one straight answer from the "most transparent administration ever." Here's the exchange:
JAKE TAPPER ABC NEWS: You said earlier that you wanted to tell the American people what’s in it for them, how will their family benefit from health-care reform. But experts say that in addition to the benefits that you’re pushing, there is going to have to be some sacrifice in order for there to be true cost-cutting measures, such as Americans giving up tests, referrals, choice, end-of-life care.
When you describe health-care reform, you don’t — understandably, you don’t talk about the sacrifices that Americans might have to make. Do you think — do you accept the premise that other than some tax increases, on the wealthiest Americans, the American people are going to have to give anything up in order for this to happen?
PRESIDENT OBAMA: They’re going to have to give up paying for things that don’t make them healthier. And I — speaking as an American, I think that’s the kind of change you want.
I have two problems with that:
(1) It will be a government bureaucrat, not I or my doctor, who decides what those "things that don’t make them (me) healthier" are, and
(2) Obama may be "speaking as an American," but he is not an American who will be forced into a government run health plan.
