Barb’s Blog

Obama practically scowled at what he said were myths regarding his health care plan during his speech recently.  However, the Associated Press decided to match what he said with the FACTS.  Now I know some people don’t like to know those pesky facts and truths, but here it goes anyway: OBAMA: “I will not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits either now or in the future. Period.” THE FACTS: Though there’s no final plan yet, the White House and congressional Democrats already have shown they’re ready to skirt the no-new-deficits pledge. House Democrats offered a bill that the Congressional Budget Office said would add $220 billion to the deficit over 10 years. But Democrats and Obama administration officials claimed the bill actually was deficit-neutral. They said they simply didn’t have … Read entire article »