by David Limbaugh
Watching President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech makes
me wonder whether the reason he tells so many fibs is that he believes
them himself. Either that or he is an even better actor than he is a
teleprompter reader.
Obama not only wasn't contrite about his broken promises and
disastrous record; he was on the attack, daring anyone to oppose his
agenda -- even in the face of the Massachusetts rebuke. But let's see
how some of his statements match up with reality.
On health care, he taunted congressmen to "let me know" if any
of them have "a better approach that will bring down premiums, bring
down the deficit, cover the uninsured, strengthen Medicare for seniors
and stop insurance company abuses," as if his own plan would do those
things.
Even the Congressional Budget Office has said most of the
Democratic plans would increase the budget. Besides, you can't reduce
overall costs when government forces an increase in demand, even if it
caps insurance premiums and shifts costs elsewhere and/or imposes
rationing. The CBO has also reported that with Obamacare, millions
would remain uninsured. So under his plan, costs would rise, quality
and choice would decrease, care would be rationed, millions would
remain uninsured and, worst of all, the government would acquire an
unprecedented level of control over all aspects of our lives.
http://townhall.com/columnists/DavidLimbaugh/2010/01/29/there_was_the_presidents_speech,_and_there_is_reality