Posted on 11/16/2014 9:40:56 AM PST by DeweyCA
Assuming Gruber's message is true, it means the Obama administration deliberately evaded our democratic process to pass its signature legislation. Its justification, which Gruber makes explicit, is not only that "we know what's best for you," but also that "you are too dense to know that yourself."
This arrogant, condescending approach extends far beyond Obamacare. It is an essential feature of progressive politics for the past century. From the outset, progressive politics yoked expert advice to expansive state action, especially redistributive policies to help the poor.
It says, "We are experts who want to help you, the great unwashed. You are too stupid and uneducated to know how to know what's best for you. Since we do know, and since we have your best interests at heart, we will handle those complex choices for you."
It's an intellectual's version of noblesse oblige.
(Excerpt) Read more at carrollcountytimes.com ...
Subpoena Gruber before Congress under Oath. Oh wait, he’ll just continue to lie and the precedence has been set he’ll get away with THAT, too. Join, Lerner, Koskinen, Holder, Hillary, etc.
Can you explain to me why the House has not used its paramilitary death squad to right all the wrongs committed by the Executive branch? /S Boehner is such a pussy.
This article at least to the point of the excerpt is spot on. Example of recent times Bill Clinton actually came out saying we “the people didn’t know what to do with our own money anyway” at the time of then largest tax increase in history.
It’s amazing what happens when a few agencies work to gather materials for blackmailing, bribing and extorting our public officials.. Chief Justice John Roberts comes to mind.
Most of the public don’t give a damn as long as their free toys to play with. Blind Americans and getting to damn late to wake up.
The rest is spot on too. He mentions Hayek. He coins the phrase “smug-filled room”. Really good article in what is probably a small newspaper.
If a law is a kind of contract and the basis of a contract is the good faith of the parties, then this is no law.
What happened to open debate on everything on C-span and a waiting period before Congress votes so that the public has a chance to hear all sides and to make their wishes known to their Congressional reps?
Gosh that sounded so reasonable in the 2008 campaign did it not?
Headline, “Smug Obama administration duped the public”, is not really accurate in that ALL polls taken of the “public” before, during and after passage of Obamacare showed that only a minority favored the thing. Many of those who voted for the thing have since been voted out of office.
The only people who were truly “duped” were Obama’s and the Democrats’ core constituency? While their numbers are significant, they do not represent the “public” at large...yet
This is good to know, and thanks for the response. Perhaps if I remember tonight when I’m finished with all the STUFF on the H.D. list, and have the time, I’ll come back to read it. Meanwhile I’m stuck with excerpts as I dash in and out of the Den today doing Sunday H.D.’s.
Fixed. The media did the public duping, willfully.
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As I recall, the majority of the public opposed obamacare. So who did they fool?
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