Contributed by: filbert Thursday, August 20 2009 @ 05:55 PM CST
Some enlightening figures, courtesy Jacob Sullum[*1] at Reason Hit & Run points out this inconvenient fact from the New York Times[*2] :
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.