Harry Reid defends his “slavery” remark.
“At pivotal points in American history, the tactics of distortion and delay have certainly been present,” Reid said. “They’ve certainly been used to stop progress. That’s what we’re talking about here. That’s what’s happening here. It’s very clear. That’s the point I made — no more, no less. Anyone who willingly distorts my comments is only proving my point.”
Setting aside for the moment that Reid is wrong on history, let’s look at another facet of the accusation.
This Wall Street Journal article muses on the mystery of Harry Reid as it covers Reid’s slavery statements and scapegoating of the Republican Party, calling him “an inspiration to dour, foolish men everywhere.”
Given the breadth and scope of the health care legislation that Senator Reid, et al. are pushing, perhaps they also need a reminder of what slavery means:
slav·er·y (slā’və-rē, slāv’rē)
n. pl. slav·er·ies1. The state of one bound in servitude as the property of a slaveholder or household.
2. a. The practice of owning slaves.
b. A mode of production in which slaves constitute the principal work force.
3. The condition of being subject or addicted to a specified influence.
4. A condition of hard work and subjection: wage slavery.
Senator Mitch McConell outlines 10 things we should know about the healthcare bill.
• The Democrat bill includes nearly half a trillion dollars in new taxes that hit virtually every American, including middle class families making less than $250,000 a year.
• The Democrat bill would increase insurance premiums for individuals and families.
• The Democrat bill cuts Medicare for seniors by nearly half a trillion dollars ($465 billion) and limits the choices that millions of seniors now enjoy.
• The Democrat bill won’t lower health care costs according to the Congressional Budget Office.
• The true cost of this bill over 10 years, when fully implemented, is about $2.5 trillion.
• Under the Democrat bill, if you like the health insurance you have, you may not be able to keep it.
• The Democrat bill would let government bureaucrats dictate what kind of health plans Americans must purchase and what benefits they can receive.
• The Democrat bill creates a government plan that CBO has said would have higher premiums.
• The Democrat bill would, for the first time in history, allow federal programs to pay for elective abortions.
• Finally, Americans should know that this bill doesn’t have the common-sense reforms that they have been asking for all along, like getting rid of junk lawsuits and leveling the playing field when it comes to health care taxes.
In addition to those 10 things, there is a mandate that says you have to buy health insurance and creates at least 111 new bureaucracies.
Projection is a term that should be employed more in politics and is defined as: The tendency to ascribe to another person feelings, thoughts, or attitudes present in oneself, or to regard external reality as embodying such feelings, thoughts, etc., in some way (Source).
Slavery is a condition of servitude that bestows power for some to wield over others. One wonders if Harry Reid will, “belatedly” or otherwise, recognize the wrongs he is choosing to commit today.
When huge percentages of the profits from our labor go to support those in power and those they set up as the arbiters of our conduct (bureaucracies) against our own self interests, are we not then slaves?
Who decides? Us or “Them”?
Senator Reid says “trust him.” Do you?
Should you?


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