They wouldn't have to buy TV time if Republicans hadn't lied about the health care plan.
they could have called a press conference, or given an interview, they didn't have to buy TV time to do it. Obama could have talked about it when he was on The View the other day, or done a fireside chat. Buying airtime simply wasn't necessary
This isn't something new. Bush spent $100 million on anti-drug advertisements alone during his final year in office. Did Republicans complain? The only reason there is complaining about this advertisement is because of its content, not its cost. Republicans don't want their lies corrected.
I know it isn't anything new, this isn't a partisan issue to me, it's a government issue, it's wrong when the Obama administration does it, it was wrong when the Bush administration did it, it was wrong when the Clinton administration did it, it was wrong when Bush 1 and Reagan did it. As far as I'm concerned, the content is secondary to the fact that it's happening. I cited other examples of it in this thread like the Bush administration paying Armstrong Williams to push their education agenda, or the census bureau getting a $125 million dollar advertising budget, or the National Transportation and Safety board being sponsors of the Howard Stern and Conan O'Brien shows. I don't care who is pushing what, it's all money that could have been better spent.
Nobody likes to pay taxes. Problem with tax cuts is the voters like the govt to spend money. The only spending cuts that are popular are cuts to foreign aid and that's less than 1% of the Budget. If the voters want govt. spending, they need to pay for it. The only time we've seen serious spending cuts is after Clinton's tax hike in 93. Every time there is a tax cut, you have increases in spending. Forcing the voters to pay for the programs they want is the only way you're going to get spending cuts. Nobody gave a fuck when Bush blew 100 million on a ridiculous "just say no" campaign. But since Obama is talking about a tax hike, people get their panties in a twist over 700K and complain about socialism.
I gave a fuck when Bush did it, I just wasn't posting in this forum at the time. I haven't said a single word about socialism, again, this isn't about a specific party, this is about the government wasting money. Whether it's 700 grand or 100 million, it's still wrong. Fiscal irresponsibility is a huge problem in government, it's not a partisan issue, both sides are definitely guilty of it, and I maintain that if they can blow hundreds of billions of dollars on TV and radio ads, maybe they simply have too much money. And for the record, I haven't said socialism or socialist once in this thread. I've even kept my opinions about the health care bill to myself because I see this as a different issue.
So Bush was "just dumb" to spend 100 million on his anti-drug campaign. It's not "dumb" to correct lies and educate the public. Matlock's advertisement is correcting lies. Had no lies been told, the 700K would not have been spent. Blame the liars. If you told lies about health care, you're part of the problem and partially responsible.
Yes bush was dumb to spend 100 million on his stupid anti drug campaign. I'm not saying the Obama administration is dumb for this, just fiscally irresponsible, sure it's not as much money or as bad as what Bush did, but that doesn't mean they're not wasting money
So Bush was really fucked up and out of touch to spend $100 million on an anti-drug campaign. Obama's health care ad is less than 1% of that sum
again, to me it's not so much about the money in this case, it's the fact that it happens at all.
There is no "50% tax bracket." The top tax bracket is 35%. The average effective tax rate of someone making $1 million is 24%. That includes all taxes they pay (state, local, federal, payroll, property, excise, sales etc). People grossly overestimate how much tax they pay. Nobody is paying 50% of their income to the government.
http://www.forbes.com/2010/07/26/health ... d=rss_home
this is just an opinion piece, but is shows the DOJ is now arguing that the health care mandate is a tax in court, so come 2014, unless the mandate is overturned, all of our taxes are going to go up a lot, maybe not as high as 50%, but I'll bet it will be close to it for some people
Again, why didn't conservatives complain when Bush spent $100 million on a "just say no" type of campaign? What's obvious is that they don't want Republican lies corrected. This isn't about the money spent. It's about the content of the advertisement.
I don't know why they didn't complain about it, I sure did, just not here. In fact I'm the only person I know complaining about it this time. Everyone else on this thread seems to be defending it. I still maintain that it's wasted money no matter what administration is spending it, or what they're spending it on
Bush pissed away $100 million on a "just say no" campaign. Did you start a thread about it? Of course not. Again, this isn't about the money. It's about the content and the fact that lies are being corrected.
see above, I wasn't posting here at the time.
I was not a fan of Bush 2, with Obama I was cautiously optimistic when he was elected, but so far he's really let me down. I'm not 100% against the guy, but I am opposed to a lot of his policies and what he's done so far. I don't think he's evil, or he's a Muslim, or he's a socialist, I just have a lot of problems with the job he's doing, this Andy Griffith campaign is just the latest thing I take issue with