There is nothing more hypocritical than feigned sincerity when it's masking an outright lie : Allen L Roland
It was pure theater and you could see the knowing Democrat smiles when Bush openly and sincerely lied his way through his State of the Union speech.
With the Libby trial becoming a pandora's box of embarrassing administration lies and deceits and his approval rating now at 28% ~ Bush is twisting in the wind and a prime target for well deserved scorn and contempt.
The American Progress report separates the facts from the spin and lays bare the truth and hypocrisy of Bush's State of the Union address.
by Judd Legum, Faiz Shakir, Nico Pitney Amanda Terkel and Payson Schwin / American Progress report
1/23/07
Article II, Section 3 of the United States Constitution says: "The President shall from time to time give to Congress information of the State of the Union and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient."
Tonight, President Bush did just that, delivering his sixth State of the Union address at 9 pm EST. He entered the speech with his political standing in its weakest state, highlighted by a record-low approval rating of 28 percent and growing dissatisfaction with the war in Iraq.
In the address, "Bush dangled ideas -- some new, some recycled -- on reducing America's oil dependence and making health care more available, among others." the speech was filled with a series of proposals that either go unfulfilled or are forgotten entirely. Below we tell you what was said and what you need to know.
Health Care -- Tax Incentive
What Bush said: "We need to fix these problems, and one way to do so is to treat health insurance more like home ownership. The current tax code encourages home ownership by allowing you to deduct the interest on your mortgage from your taxes. We can reform the tax code, so that it provides a similar incentive for you to buy health insurance. So in my State of the Union Address next Tuesday, I will propose a tax reform designed to help make basic private health insurance more affordable -- whether you get it through your job or on your own." [1/20/07]
What You Need To Know: Bush's health care plan fails to help the nearly 47 million Americans without health insurance, will cause employers to drop health coverage without any real alternative, and put health care out of reach for millions of Americans.
UNINSURED AMERICANS WILL RECEIVE LITTLE HELP AND MUST TURN TO EXPENSIVE COVERAGE: This scheme would replace one regressive, flawed tax deduction with another -- and since most uninsured Americans pay low or no taxes, they would receive little help from this plan.
In addition, Karen Pollitz, a Georgetown University researcher who co-authored a 2001 study on the individual health-insurance market for the Kaiser Family Foundation, found that people who aren't in perfect health are largely unable to buy individual health insurance.
Allen L Roland is a practicing psychotherapist, author and lecturer who also shares a daily political and social commentary on his weblog and website more...)
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