When it comes to manipulating public sentiment, sometimes it’s all about how an issue is framed. Cut a government health program, and when granny or the good people who clean your hotel room get sick they might end up getting kicked to the curb instead of getting taxpayer-funded treatment.
They might … die!
So when Democrats talk about ‘cruel’ Republican-orchestrated ‘cuts,’ chaos and death are what they want you to think about, not the facts that former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer laid out Sunday evening in this series of brilliant tweets:
There are NO Medicaid cuts in GOP reforms. For decades, the press has done a rotten job dealing w budget stories. Here are the numbers:
— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) June 25, 2017
Fleischer then added several follow-ups to his original tweet:
My 1st job on the Hill was in ’83. The Fed gvt spent $19 billion on Medicaid that year. When I was at the WH in ’01, we spent $129 billion.
— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) June 25, 2017
Today, Federal Medicaid spending is $389 billion. Under GOP reforms,it will increase to about $500 billion in 2027.
— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) June 25, 2017
With Obamacare, it goes to $624 billion in 2026. In Washington, spending always goes up. It’s just a matter of now much.
— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) June 25, 2017
But why doesn’t the press report ALL the numbers? They don’t cover the news fully and accurately. They’re biased toward conflict, not facts.
— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) June 25, 2017
Of course, it’s awfully tough to argue with Fleischer’s logic here, but if anyone can argue with indisputable logic it’s Newsweek’s Kurt Eichenwald. Check out this gem:
Either you don’t understand accounting or you’re a liar. All business deals with projected expenses too. When they are decreased, its a cut.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) June 26, 2017
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