Here Lies, There Lies

I've been driven to reduce the amount of news and especially political news I absorb because I can't take being lied to all of the time. John Stossel has a brief essay that illustrates the point.

We Pay Them to Lie to Us

When you knowingly pay someone to lie to you, we call the deceiver an illusionist or a magician. When you unwittingly pay someone to do the same thing, I call him a politician.

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Medicare is already $37 trillion in the hole. Yet the Democrats proudly cite Medicare when they demand support for the health care overhaul. If a business pulled the accounting tricks the politicians get away with, the owners would be in prison.

Bravo Mr. Stossel!