Proposed Meme: "Obamacare is Slavery"

March 24, 2010 | E. Pluribus Unum

[E. Pluribus Unum]

We need to come up with something that summarize Obamacare and the damage it has done to the land of the free.

Comparing Obamacare to slavery seems completely legitimate and on-target, to me.

Am I wrong?

[ReneeLynn]

Yes, you’re wrong.

We don’t need a ‘meme’. We have the truth.

[Gene Eric]

Communism —— Socialism -——————— Capitalism

Yes, it is.

[SkyDancer]

Obama thinks that anyone not on welfare and can support themselves and family is rich. No matter what your annual salary is ....

[downtownconservative]

The relationship between socialized healthcare and slavery isn’t exactly obvious, though I think your context is correct.

I like to call it “Obamao-Care”. Therein is an easily seen analogy.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

We don’t need a ‘meme’. We have the truth.

And how, exactly, would you express that truth in sound-bite form?

Because that's all you get.

[marstegreg]

It is only Slavery for those who actually pay for it. For the others “it’s like Christmas”.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Bummercare is slavery for some, tyranny for all.

[hennie pennie]

I agree with you, if something is legitimate, it doesn't need a meme to persuade non-True Believers. I find the idea of intentional memes to be utterly repugnant. Persuasion should come naturally, be totally above board and not need ANY Madison Avenue Gimickry to succeed.

[Jane Long]

Umm!! They'll say "that's racist!!"

How about..."Entitlements enslave - Free the People"?

[Salamander]

That’s ~good~.

[sickoflibs]

Did republicans ever give the CBO a more realistic set of assumptions for the current reform bills?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Did republicans ever give the CBO a more realistic set of assumptions for the current reform bills?

Would it have mattered?

[Commander X]

Call it what it really is:

This is not Health Care, this is simply “More Government Taxation” or wealth redistribution.

[lucky american]

I'm a capitalist.
But has anyone noticed that Wall Street went up 100 points yesterday and that the healthcare companies were the recipients of the upturn?

Obama railed against the healthcare industry and yet he is making them some of the richest people in the world with all of the new people that now have to buy insurance.

I just can't wrap this stuff around my head.

If I owned a company that I knew was going to be out of business in 5-8 years, like most conservatives say, why would any investor take a chance and buy stock?
Any thoughts?

[Noumenon]

Jeff Head had the best meme for this: Obamacare - The Final Solution.

Even saw that graphic on a sign at last weekend’s DC protest.

[Woebama]

I like it. Very good.

[repentant_pundit]

I don’t have a meme, but a slogan for our side could play off of Slow Joe’s words
( http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2477806/posts ):

“Repeal the (BF) Deal !”

[hennie pennie]

I think that it is entirely inappropriate to compare Obamacare to the Nazi Holocaust; similarly, the comparison of Obamacare to slavery, which most peoples of the world associate with AMERICAN slavery in the Southern states is entirely offbase, too.

Obviously, others disagree with me.

[TruthHound]

Here’s one aspect of the bill that is 100% slavery.

The Student loan portion included requires that re-payment also mandates a period of public service. Take a loan and you’re their slave.