Who's 'Turfing Who?
- Thursday, August 20 2009 @ 05:55 PM CST
- Contributed by: filbert
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Some enlightening figures, courtesy Jacob Sullum at Reason Hit & Run points out this inconvenient fact from the New York Times:
That's $48 million for reform supporters, $9 millon for their opponents. That's a 5:1 spending ratio, and yet the more that people learn about what Obama and the Democrats are actually planning, the greater becomes the majority of Americans opposing health care reform.
Supporters of Mr. Obama’s plan to overhaul the system have outspent opponents, with $24 million worth of advertising, compared with $9 million from opponents. An additional $24 million has been broadly spent in support of overhauling the system without backing a specific plan.
That's $48 million for reform supporters, $9 millon for their opponents. That's a 5:1 spending ratio, and yet the more that people learn about what Obama and the Democrats are actually planning, the greater becomes the majority of Americans opposing health care reform.