Reasonable minds can come to the conclusion that the bill is bad policy, and people are also 100 percent within their rights to believe that the bill might be bad for them for self-interested reasons (if they make greater than $200,000 per year and would be subject to the increase in the payroll tax, for instance.)
With due respect.....the debate over health care is not playing out like the one in elite circles of public opinion, in which Ezra Klein and I represent the pro-bill coalition......As this month's tracking survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation makes clear, there are a lot of beliefs the public has about the bill which are objectively wrong.
This can be true with any poll. It's all based on your source of information. Take this for example.
What proof does he have to make these claims? None, actually. But considering the fact that Limbaugh has a really big microphone and millions of people listen to him that apparently lack the ability to do any sort of fact-checking, reading, or are incapable on independent thought ( ever wonder why his drooling fanbase are called "Ditto-Heads"? ) then you begin to see how this "Will of the people" meme takes shape.
The same is true for people that only read the ghost-written dribblings on Sarah Palin's Facebook page. You need to verify your source.
Misinformation and disinformation have poisoned the healthcare debate almost as much, if not more than, the initial campaign for Barack Obama prior to his election. But, just as in that case, most Americans have the ability to see through the fog to the truth. So if you're buying into this notion that 73% of Americans don't want the healthcare reform that is literally inches away from completion, you might want to think twice about where you are getting your information.
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