The President Cries Wolf

And those who question big government health "care"--that would be most of the American people--are supposed to just shut up. Mr. President, just repeating words don't make them true. Garbage in, garbage out on those CBO numbers the president cites. Our neighbor to the north, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, gives us an honest analysis. Paul Ryan v. the President. The Republican dissects ObamaCare's real costs. Democrats stay mute. WSJ editorial:

At his press conference yesterday, Mr. Obama claimed that "my proposal would bring down the cost of health care for millions—families, businesses and the federal government." He said it is "fully paid for" and "brings down our deficit by up to $1 trillion over the next two decades." Never before has a vast new entitlement been sold on the basis of fiscal responsibility, and one reason ObamaCare is so unpopular is that Americans understand the contradiction between untold new government subsidies and claims of spending restraint. They know a Big Con when they hear one.

Mr. Obama's fiscal assertions are possible only because of the fraudulent accounting and budget gimmicks that Democrats spent months calibrating. Readers can find the gory details in Mr. Ryan's pre-emptive rebuttal nearby, though one of the most egregious deceptions is that the bill counts 10 years of taxes but only six years of spending.

The real cost over a decade is about $2.3 trillion on paper, Mr. Ryan estimates...

Here's the Ryan video at the summit again. Ryan in The Politico today: Budgeting for Bankruptcy.

There are health care alternatives percolating around the country.

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Paul Ryan and Devin Nunez, along with Senator and Dr. Tom Coburn, presented a good health care plan months ago, centered on patient choice. Yet the president pretends there is no alternative to his Big Government takeover of our life and death destiny. Well, if House and Senate Democrats vote for this bill there will be no alternative--we'll be stuck with this kind of health care like sheep led to slaughter.

We can vote too, though. In November. The president and his Democrat majority may be slaughtered at the polls.

Crying wolf is not leadership.