Reply #5: Addendum: Why simplify the bill? [View All]

Back when I was living in Oregon, I attended a forum on the upcoming ballot measures for that year.

As one of the speakers described a particularly convoluted (and sneaky right-wing) initiative, he said, "Fortunately, this one won't pass, because it's too hard to understand, and experience has shown that people automatically vote no if they can't understand a measure."

In order for health care reform to succeed, Americans will need to understand how reform will affect THEM. If the politicians can't tell them in a few sentences, they're going to tune out.

That's why HR3200 has been so easy for the right-wing to demagogue. Who, of the people inclined to worship Sarah Palin, is going to read a 1000-page bill to find out that she's lying?