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Originally Posted by Bucco
Robert Reich, an advisor to the President on economics, and Secy of Labor to President Clinton is quoted here....
"Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin got pilloried for suggesting that the government-run health care system set up under the bills in Congress would lead to "death panels." But, now, a video has surfaced showing Obama economics advisor Robert Reich essentially admitting Palin was right.
Reich, the former Clinton administration Labor Secretary has been caught on tape making a death panel confession.
In a 2007 speech at the University of California at Berkeley, Reich began his address by saying he was going to deliver a refreshingly honest talk about health care from the vantage point of an insider who would never run for president.
“In other words, this is what the truth is," he said.
Reich admitted: "If you're very old, we're not going to give you all that technology and all those drugs for the last couple of years of your life. It’s too expensive...so we're going to let you die."
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Stunning revelation coming from a Democrat, an Obama advisor and Clinton Labor Secretary. Timely post Bucco. Significant and profound enough to warrant its own thread.
Will the left, even on this board, have the courage to read and acknowledge beyond what reinforces their political bias?
Will they allow their disbelieving eyes to watch the video you linked, a video that contradicts everything they believe about Obama health-care from one of their own?
It will be interesting to see how they will attack the Democrat Reich for breaking ranks and telling the truth.
They can't even accept their own Tom Daschle's convictions regarding "The Federal Council is modeled after a U.K. board discussed in Daschle’s book.
This board approves or rejects treatments using a formula that divides the cost of the treatment by the number of years the patient is likely to benefit.Treatments for younger patients are more often approved than treatments for diseases that affect the elderly, such as osteoporosis."
Daschle is at least up front with his convictions. Obama and his Health-Care surrogates use, misinformation, lies, fabricated denials. distortions and empty promises forged on deception to advance the most diabolically insidious health-care agenda in history. It is coldly cost effective and efficient though.
Nothing I've posted suggests that we don't have a legitimate need for reform. I just don't agree with the Draconian mess that's on the table.....and yes, I have previously posted reform objectives I can support.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=aLzfDxfbwhzs