Anyone remember the lies told about Medicare when it first came in?

[deutsey]

2. “we will sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness.”

“My name is Ronald Reagan. I have been asked to talk on the several subjects that have to do with the problems of the day. . . .
One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine. It’s very easy to disguise a medical program as a humanitarian project. . . . Now, the American people, if you put it to them about socialized medicine and gave them a chance to choose, would unhesitatingly vote against it…..we are against forcing all citizens, regardless of need, into a compulsory government program….the consequences for “our children” would be dire: “we will sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness.”

http://www.winningprogressive.org/remembering-when-reagan-campaigned-against-medicare