Let’s start with Obama once again lying on national television about his support for a single payer health care system. To end this debate once and for all, check out this site for comments he made during the campaign. This site, of course, is Organizing for America; Obama’s campaign site where his team refutes Clinton’s claims that he is not supportive of a single payer system. Too funny, I know.
He also lied about AARP endorsing the current legislation. The AARP released a statement immediately after the town hall saying that they are in favor of health care reform, but have not endorsed the legislation.
But one of his biggest gaffes of the night, which was immediately all over the internet was his use of the US Postal Service as an example of the government being involved in an industry and not pushing out the private sector. First of all, last Friday the NY Times business section called for the privatization of the US Postal Service because it is doing so poorly; losing 7 billion this year. Secondly, the postal service is a perfect example of how government intervention prevents fair competition. Fedex and UPS are prohibited from delivering ‘non urgent’ mail. Case closed. I have another example the President could have used. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Here is an excerpt from the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s report “The Role of Government Affordable Housing Policy in Creating the Global Financial Crisis of 2008″
Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s dominance in the secondary mortgage market was made possible by numerous competitive advantages stemming from their unique relationship with the federal government. These advantages for the two GSEs were justified by the government as an implicit subsidy to American homeowners in the form of reduced mortgage rates. With the help of these subsidies, Fannie and Freddie were able to squeeze out their competition and corner the secondary mortgage market.
The report goes on to list these advantages as well as other corruption in the system. Corruption is another element that is always present with government involvement. These were just a couple of many misleading and untruthful statements made by our President yesterday afternoon. I guess you can do that with an orchestrated event such as yesterday. Anyone who wants to challenge that statement will have to explain to me why the crowd broke out in a chant of ‘Yes We Can’ after his opening remarks. If the President wants to answer some real questions about this healthcare plan, he has an open invitation to come down to Texas and sit down with me.
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