Words, Words, Words
But the words are not the same. The National Taxpayers Union (NTU) reports that:
- The House bill has the word "require" and its derivatives 494 times.
- It uses "report" 427 times, "limit" 167 times, "penalty" 156, "regulation" 91.
- By contrast, the words "marketplace" and "competition" are used 3 times each.
By contrast, the NTU finds that in his speeches, Obama uses positive words like "choice," "competition," and "marketplace" more than five times as often as negative words like "tax," "regulate," and "restrict."
Yes, so how do we explain this discrepancy? I think I read something like this in George Orwell’s “Animal Farm.”
John, have you ever heard the term “con artist”?
The word “retarded” shows up once … on page 389.
The words “con,” con artist,” and “scam” come to mind.