Washington Post Wrong on Health Costs, Bailouts

From the Wash­ing­ton Post:

Over­all, though, the GOP is a party that has become increas­ingly con­ser­v­a­tive, par­tic­u­larly on fis­cal issues. Obama’s stim­u­lus pack­age of nearly $800 bil­lion, bailouts for banks and the auto indus­try, and a health-​​care bill with a price tag of nearly $900 bil­lion over 10 years have aroused strong oppo­si­tion on the right.

Let’s see that para­graph rewrit­ten using the facts:

Over­all, though, the GOP is a party that has become increas­ingly con­ser­v­a­tive, par­tic­u­larly on social issues. Obama’s stim­u­lus pack­age of nearly $800 bil­lion, Bush’s bailouts for banks, Obama’s bailout of the auto indus­try, and a health-​​care bill with sav­ings of nearly $800 bil­lion over 10 years have aroused strong oppo­si­tion on the right.

Now that tells a much bet­ter story.

30 November 2009 – 8:23 am | By Benjamin Daniels | Posted in Health Care, Media, Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (167)