The Sick Joke

clipped from www.powerlineblog.com The New York Times reports on the pharmaceutical industry's lavish support for Obamacare: The drug industry has authorized its lobbyists to spend as much as $150 million on television commercials supporting President Obama's health care overhaul, beginning over the August Congressional recess, people briefed on the plans said Saturday. By way of comparison, John McCain's entire Presidential campaign spent a total of $126 million on television advertising. There is a reason why lobbyists are thriving as never before during the Obama administration: everyone wants to get their hands on your tax dollars (or your children's, since pretty much all the money in question will be borrowed). The Obama administration's claim that Americans who oppose socialized medicine must be in the pay of "moneyed interests" is a sick joke to anyone who understands today's actual political dynamics.