Posted by
J. Bradford Sivils on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:18:00 AM
Nancy Pelosi never fails to dazzle us with her brilliance! Perception is reality for Democrats, so she decides that the best way to get the American people to support Democrat's "Public Option" is to rename it the "Competitive Option".
As if!!
What would Nancy Pelosi know about "competition" anyway? She lives in a pretty safe district for her re-election chances. She and her Democratic (I'm sorry, "SOCIALIST") colleagues assail private business at every turn. Private health insurers earn as low as 2 to 3% profit on the policies they carry and yet that is too much for the SOCIALISTS in Congress.
These "Pelosi-istas" in Congress have for years railed against unfair business practices. They wield Anti-Trust laws as an axe over the heads of Big Business. In May of 2008, Maxine Waters told oil company executives she compelled to testify before her committee on high gasoline prices, "Maybe the Government should take over and run your companies".
Perception can be reality. But most conservatives in America realize Pelosi's name change for what it is. A cynical ploy using Orwellian "news-speak" to fool her fellow fellow-travelers.
These fellow-travelers rail against big business "monopolies". And yet it's perfectly fine for them to create and run one themselves. For that's all this "Public Option" or "Competitive Option" really is.
A Federal Government monopoly.