Paul Zimmerman Snitches On A Liar

Paul Zimmerman has taken the administration up on its request to turn in people who spread misinformation about health care.

Subject: Misinformation about health care

Dear Sirs,

I would like to report to you that a gentleman by the name of Barack Hussein Obama has been spreading misinformation about health care reform. Apparently he keeps telling people that we have a crisis of uninsured people, when in fact we have a relatively small number who are young and remain voluntarily uninsured, and several million more who are eligible for Medicaid but who are too lazy to sign up for it (and several million illegal aliens who shouldn't be part of the calculus of these matters, period). Additionally, Mr. Obama continually tells lies about making health care more affordable by bringing it under government control, which dovetails with a repeated falsehood he is not shy about telling people, that they'll be allowed to remain on their private insurance, when in fact the draft bill dealing with this matter contains "poison pills" that are intended to kill the private health insurance industry. What we really need is for regulatory hurdles to affordable private health insurance to be removed, such as the ridiculous restrictions that prevent people from buying plans across state lines, sometimes forcing them to participate in artificially small risk pools, which drives up costs for the individual.

I urge you to look into this fellow's actions and make him stop. He is terrifying people who are ignorant of the facts and angering millions upon millions of ordinary Americans who are happy with what they've got. We don't allow people to yell "fire!" in crowded theatres, something Mr. Obama himself has pointed out in the past, but in his own way he is doing exactly that right now.

Sincerely,
Paul E. Zimmerman, M.A.
Walla Walla, WA