"This is not normal, and it is not sustainable," Ezra Klein
What is happening in the Congress around health care is a break from every norm we have come to expect in how we draft legislation. It is an affront to our democracy. This isn't just sausage making. This is a blender of BS.
Vox's Ezra Klein is one of the most astute political and policy analysts writing today, and his treatment of what is taking place is spot on.
"This has been a policymaking process built, from the beginning, atop lies. Lies about what the bills do and don’t do. Lies about what is wrong with Obamacare and lies about what the GOP’s legislation would do to fix it. Lies about what Republicans are trying to achieve and lies about which problems they seek to solve.
This isn’t just a moral offense, though it is that. It is a profound challenge to the policymaking process."
His whole article is well worth the read.
This matters. It is something that people of all political persuasions should worry about.
By Ezra Klein
