Why You May Be Stuck Holding the Bill for the Largest Taxpayer Rip Off

By Dean Baker, AlterNet
Posted on June 23, 2009, Printed on June 25, 2009
http://www.alternet.org/story/140869/

This is the time when the excrement starts hitting the fan. The lobbyists are in overdrive, rounding up members of Congress just like the cowboys of the Old West would bring in the herd.

The industry groups will also have their friends in the news media working overtime hyping any possible obstacle to health care reform. And they are filling the airwaves with scary ads, warning that people will never be able to see a doctor again if meaningful health care reform passes.