'The stupidity of the American voters...'

YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!

I once asked Enough a question on the old Two Peas board that frustrated her to no end because she couldn't up with an answer.

Enough was going on and on about how President Obama was lying about the ACA.

So I asked her what was The President's end game. How was lying about The ACA going to benefit the President personally.

The only thing Enough had to support rant that the President lied was some old video where the President talked about a single payer system. So Enough was convinced that was the reason the President lied about the ACA. He wants a single payer system.

Maybe. But my guess it has to do with the first sentence of my post.

Anyone who knows anything about insurance knows some of what was promised was not going to happen to every single citizen who had insurance. The vast majority would benefit from the ACA. Not necessarily within the first couple of months or even the first year because there are a lot of moving parts but ultimately they would benefit.

This being the case I wondered why the White House said what they said and why didn't they didn't spell out the fine print of the bill.

But you see this guy and The White House knew their audience. They knew when it comes to some things the American people can be pretty stupid.

Something needed to be done about health care. Millions of people didn't have insurance or the money to pay for medical care.

But to fix this would cause changes that would affect most if not all the American public.

I have found that a lot of people are ok with change as long as it doesn't affect them directly. They refuse to look at the big picture. All one has to do is read some of the posts on this board to know that to be a fact.

Politicians know this to be true. So they sugar coat what they are trying to do instead just putting it out there good with the bad.

I don't agree with how The White House sold the ACA. But I understand why they did it.

Something had to be done that would involve change for millions of Americans and almost from the very beginning the changes were under attack from the Republicans with their deliberate misinformation campaign.

So they said what they said.

Calling the American voter stupid is a bit harsh but there is a lot of truth in that sentiment. On both sides in spite of what lynlam and skypea want you to believe.

Now we are getting ready to start the second round of open enrollment. The passing of ACA has helped millions of Americans to obtain insurance that didn't have it before. And it's working. My sister is a minister and she was telling me about a lady in her congregation who now has insurance due to the ACA. She noticed a brown spot on her hand had turned black so she went to see her doctor, now that she has insurance, and found out that it was cancerous. If she hadn't had the insurance she more than likely wouldn't have seen about the spot until it was to late the whole time hoping it would go away since she have didn't have money to pay for treatment.

Yes I agree some have yet to benefit from the changes generated by the ACA. And to be honest some may never benefit. Especially since the ACA is still under attack and the things that could be fixed are not being addressed as the Republicans are still hell bent on getting rid of the ACA without offering a replacement.

That is a perfect example of "Stupid American Citizens"
How can someone support repealing the ACA without knowing what is going to replace it. Yes I know the Republicans have "floated"
some options but they have also left big gaping holes that would affect millions of Americans that now have insurance.

Maybe if the American public would pay more attention and get ALL the facts before they support something or not to support something the politicians would be forced to provide ALL the facts first time around.

Force the politicians to answer questions honestly.

But I don't see that happening anytime soon.