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At Least He Tells the Truth - The Blake Ashby PodcastAt Least He Tells the Truth; The Blake Ashby Podcast Author: Blake Ashby
Its not that the left and the right are dishonest. Its more that they are less honest. Much of what both left and right says is true. But both sides leave off a little part of the truth, because it hurts their positions, or is too harsh for the voting public. And those little, unspoken parts of the truth, and the questions they bring up, are whats tearing our country apart. Because by leaving it unspoken, we leave it unaddressed, and it just festers. We need to get back to the middle. "At Least He Tells the Truth" will tell the WHOLE truth, not just the politically expedient truth. Because it's the right thing for our country. Language: en Genres: News, News Commentary Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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The Tiny Lie at the Start of Medicare for All Conversations
Episode 29
Sunday, 31 January, 2021
Pretty much every conversation about Medicare for All starts with a tiny fib. That tiny fib is the name, Medicare for All. The Medicare for All Act does NOT propose Medicare for all. What is being proposed by the progressive wing of the Democratic Party is actually Medicaid for all. Any way you slice it, we have a healthcare proposal that has very little in common with Medicare, but everything in common with Medicaid, and yet its backers call it Medicare for all instead of Medicaid for all. Why would the Medicare for All crowd purposely mislabel their plan? Because if Progressive are honest about what they are proposing, it will have even less support. So instead of being truthful, Progressives chose a misleading name. They chose to tell a tiny fib. This is, unfortunately, kind of a recurring theme of the modern progressive movement. They feel entirely comfortable telling tiny little fibs to get people to support their positions. To get people to support policies that the progressives feel are good for them. Maybe it’s just me, but it feels like progressives are willing to lie to me, for my own good. As if I couldn’t figure out what was good for me if they actually told me the truth.
