While patiently watching developments in Iran, interspersed with the usual reporting ranging from the serious to the stupid, I distinctly remember some commentators stating that while a recent CBS/NYT poll showed interviewees supported a public option (rather overwhelmingly) - there was a complementary lack of support for higher taxes to pay for it.
Perhaps we've discovered the reason our media sucks so badly: they can't read.
Americans overwhelmingly support substantial changes to the health care system and are strongly behind one of the most contentious proposals Congress is considering, a government-run insurance plan to compete with private insurers, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
The poll found that most Americans would be willing to pay higher taxes so everyone could have health insurance and that they said the government could do a better job of holding down health-care costs than the private sector.
Seriously, that's the first two paragraphs. Not very hard to find, placed so as to be easily understood and grasped by most people.
Now, if we could just please stop with the "Obama's health care plans are dead" meme, and teach the morons in the Senate to read as well...Labels: Health Care, Media