Obama, Republicans, and Fear
“…the state must either fail or be sustained by a fear of the rule[r]…” – Machiavelli
The fear of death is a behavioral truism that is prevalent across virtually all cultures and educational backgrounds. Fear of death is the easiest string a marketer, prince, or politician can pull.
Marketers operate by utilizing one of the three-pronged behavioral truisms: fear, rage, and love. They create fear over rarities, rage over insignificant minutia, and love for superficiality. Incidentally, so do politicians.
“Everyone in this room knows what will happen if we do nothing. Our deficit will grow. More families will go bankrupt. More businesses will close. More Americans will lose their coverage when they are sick and need it most. And more will die as a result. We know these things to be true.” – President Obama – Source
In that light, Rep. Shimkus & Rep. Wilson’s antics don’t seem so out of place.
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Illinois Review on “More Will Die”
More will die. That is true no matter what we do or don’t do. But fear is the great motivator when seeking to close any deal. Of course if the politicians were really all that caring why would any of the plans not have much bite until after the next Presidential election. The plan is front loading the revenue before the major parts kick in. The problem with the idea is once the government gets a hold of the money – even if they are correct that the monetary juggling will balance- the legislation will probably spend the money elsewhere on pet projects like they have done with the money that was supposed to have been set aside for SS and Medicare. And when the money they are front loading is needed – it will be gone and they will have to borrow to meet the bills. That is typical government logic.
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