How to Tell if a Politician is Lying

You've probably heard the old joke
"How do you know when a Politician is lying?"
Answer "His or her lips move."

Well, these days it's not so much that they are lying to us but rather they aren't telling the entire truth. If you haven't noticed, it seems that both the Executive and Legislative Branch of our U.S. Federal Government want more power over you and I. Why do I say that? Well, if the current debate over Health Care Reform REALLY had to do with Health Care Reform then why did they change it to Health Insurance Reform? Now the question is "Is it REALLY about Health Insurance Reform?" We all know that the cost of health insurance continues to go up and many politicians have claimed that the "Public Option" (code word for Government-run Health Care or Insurance) will help bring down the cost. I don't know about you but I have yet to see anything that the Government has run come down in cost. In fact, I can't remember seeing anything the Government has done in any area where it has cost less than if some private company had done it.

I think that most people think that the Government can pay for anything. What they can't seem to grasp is that the Government has no money! We, the people, have the money and through taxation of one kind or another, we provide money to the Government to spend WISELY on our behalf to support those things that we need in order to go about leading our lives; like highways, secure borders, dealings with Foreign countries, etc. Make no mistake, the Federal Government does not like the limits placed on them by the Constitution. So, in order to get around the Constitution, the Politicians tell you that the Government can provide you with MORE security. Look at Social Security. It was sold as a means to insure that every senior citizen would have the ongoing income to keep them off the welfare rolls. Two things the Government did not do - (1) invest your contributions (not tax but contributions) in such a way as to have them grow over time - I guess they never heard of COMPOUND INTEREST!
(2) they allowed your contributions to be borrowed by the Congress for use in the General Fund (with no intention of ever paying it back and certainly not with interest).
Now, persons that are dependant on Social Security are trapped by the Government. If most of them had been able to purchase US Savings Bonds (held by the Social Security Administration) and used those as the basis for continued retirement income, the average amount that a retired person would have received is approximately four times what they are receiving now. If you think I am exaggerating, get a copy of your earnings statement and for each year you contributed, see what the going rate for Series E, EE, or I were for that year and calculate it yourself.

Mark my words, the Government wants SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE, which means Government-run Health Care. When they re-convene in September, there will be a lot of talk about how they have listened to the American People and now know what to do. But, remember that these are mostly lawyers who would fight to the death for a favorable verdict - innocent or guilty as the client might be. Also, the longer the bill, the more complicated it becomes - change a word here - change a word there - redo a section here - redo a section there- add some additional legal jargon here and some more there; and presto, you can't find where they have embedded what they really want.

Be careful my friends; this snake has two heads!