They are still saying either no one ever said "let him die" or it was one guy who was a Democratic Plant. How can that be?
The let-him-die meme goes like this, "The Republican health care plan is 'let them die'".
That is a lie. A total lie. It is a lie often repeated by people who never even saw the debate where that came up and are just parroting some meme they heard.
That meme was started during the GOP presidential primary debates. Ron Paul was asked a question.
It was this: "A healthy, 30-year-old young man has a good job, makes a good living, but decides: 'You know what? I'm not going to spend 200 or 300 dollars a month for health insurance, because I'm healthy; I don't need it.' But you know, something terrible happens; all of a sudden, he needs it. Who's going to pay for it, if he goes into a coma, for example? Who pays for that?"
Understand? The question was not about someone who has cancer. It was not about some indigent who is sick.
It was about someone who could afford insurance
who chose not to buy it. This is not some indigent cancer patient.
So, if you wish to be accurate, the GOP plan is to let people choose whether or not to buy insurance for themselves, and suffer the consequences of the decisions they made under their own power.
After Ron Paul pointed this out, Blitzer then said, ““But Congressman, are you saying that society should just let him die?”
I want you to notice it was Blitzer, the left wing media whore, who said "let him die".
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audience member then shouted, "Yeah.”
But, and here comes the important part, RON PAUL DID NOT SAY THAT. In fact, he said society should NOT allow the man to die. He just said the answer to the healthcare problem was not a large government.
Some dickhead brainless **** then started the meme that the GOP plan was to let sick people die, and
rubes like you parrot it, rdean.
Blitzer's question reveals he plainly wants a single payer plan so you don't have to end up in a situation where you pay the price for your avoidable fuckups.
In Blitzer's mind, you should not have to depend on yourself to make the right decisions. You should let the goverment make those decisions for you. When you depend on the government, you can be as much of an irresponsible jackass as your heart desires. The government should always be there to catch you.
That's the Democratic plan for everything. Not just healthcare.