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Beware New York Times Polls, “46 Million Uninsured” and Other ObamaCare Hoaxes

By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, June 25 2009

If Barack Obama’s health care overhaul is such a good idea, why must its proponents resort to deception when advocating it? When something can stand on its own merits, there is obviously no need to prevaricate. And the fact that efforts to socialize America’s health care sector cannot stand on their own logical merits betrays the dangerous nature of Obama’s scheme. The latest example came this past week, when ObamaCare proponents trumpeted a New York Times/CBS News opinion poll purportedly showing that large majorities of Americans support government-run…

Iran: Letting a Crisis Go to Waste

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Self-Serving Politicking

Any observer of the Washington political scene surely recognizes the power-brokering, backroom deals…

The Miseducation of Barack Obama

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Big Labor and Government Motors

Less than a month after Vice President Joe Biden told labor union leaders that he believed that the best…

Big Government, Big Corruption

Here’s one more respect in which the 2008 presidential election failed to offer you a real choice:…

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If You Like How Big Government Runs the Post Office, You’ll Love How It Runs the Tech Industry

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Tortured Prose

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