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On 9/2/09, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > > *Washington's Lies > *Walter E. Williams > Wednesday, September 02, 2009 > > President Obama and congressional supporters estimate that his health care > plan will cost between $50 and $65 billion a year. Such cost estimates are > lies whether they come from a Democratic president and Congress, or a > Republican president and Congress. You say, "Williams, you don't show much > trust in the White House and Congress." Let's check out their past > dishonesty. > > At its start, in 1966, Medicare cost $3 billion. The House Ways and Means > Committee, along with President Johnson, estimated that Medicare would cost > an inflation-adjusted $12 billion by 1990. In 1990, Medicare topped $107 > billion. That's nine times Congress' prediction. Today's Medicare tab comes > to $420 billion with no signs of leveling off. How much confidence can we > have in any cost estimates by the White House or Congress? > > Another part of the Medicare lie is found in Section 1801 of the 1965 > Medicare Act that reads: "Nothing in this title shall be construed to > authorize any federal officer or employee to exercise any supervision or > control over the practice of medicine, or the manner in which medical > services are provided, or over the selection, tenure, or compensation of any > officer, or employee, or any institution, agency or person providing health > care services." Ask your doctor or hospital whether this is true. > > Lies and deception are by no means restricted to modern times. During the > legislative debate prior to ratification of the 16th Amendment, President > Howard Taft and congressional supporters said that only the rich would ever > pay federal income taxes. In 1916, only one-half of 1 percent of income > earners paid income taxes. Those earning $250,000 a year in today's dollars > paid 1 percent, and those earning $6 million in today's dollars paid 7 > percent. The lie that only the rich would ever pay income taxes was simply a > lie to exploit the politics of envy and dupe Americans into ratifying the > 16th Amendment. > > The proposed tax increases that the White House and Congress are proposing > will probably pass. According to the Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation, > during 2006, roughly 43.4 million tax returns, representing 91 million > individuals, had no federal tax liability. That's out of a total of 136 > million federal tax returns. Adding to this figure are 15 million households > and individuals who file no tax return at all. Roughly 121 million Americans > -- or 41 percent of the U.S. population -- are completely outside the > federal income tax system. These people represent a natural constituency for > big-spending politicians. Since they have no federal income tax obligation, > what do they care about higher taxes or tax cuts? > > Another big congressional lie is Social Security. Here's what a 1936 > government pamphlet on Social Security said: "After the first 3 years -- > that is to say, beginning in 1940 -- you will pay, and your employer will > pay, 1.5 cents for each dollar you earn, up to $3,000 a year ... beginning > in 1943, you will pay 2 cents, and so will your employer, for every dollar > you earn for the next 3 years. ... And finally, beginning in 1949, twelve > years from now, you and your employer will each pay 3 cents on each dollar > you earn, up to $3,000 a year." Here's Congress's lying promise: "That is > the most you will ever pay." Let's repeat that last sentence: "That is the > most you will ever pay." Compare that to today's reality, including > Medicare, which is 7.65 cents on each dollar that you earn up to nearly > $107,000, which comes to $8,185. > > The Social Security pamphlet closes with another lie: "Beginning November > 24, 1936, the United States government will set up a Social Security account > for you ... The checks will come to you as a right." First, there's no > Social Security account containing your money, but more importantly, the > U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on two occasions that Americans have no legal > right to Social Security payments. > > We can thank public education for American gullibility. > > > http://townhall.com/columnists/WalterEWilliams/2009/09/02/washingtons_lies > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
