Showing posts with label public opinion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label public opinion. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Under the Microscope: ObamaCare

Do you agree or disagree with the Supreme Court's decision?

This question–asked multiple times by multiple media outlets in the last few days–is totally absurd. In truth, there are only a miniscule number of respondents who are qualified to assess whether the United States Supreme Court correctly applied the federal constitution to the Affordable Care Act. Consequently the results of this poll are totally worthless.

The real question to ask the public should be: Do you agree or disagree with ObamaCare?

At least with this question everyone is qualified to give an answer because the question asks for nothing but a personal opinion. Unfortunately the results of this poll are likewise entirely unreliable. The problem is that the respective proponents and opponents of ObamaCare have generated so much disinformation that the public really has no reliable information upon which to base any opinion. The Republicans and the Democrats alike publish enormous inaccuracies about this law for the sole purpose of influencing public opinion in the upcoming presidential election. So the public is grossly misinformed as to the benefits the law provides, the cost of implementation of the law or the gravity of the regulations the law imposes. Who could possibly cast an intelligent vote under these circumstances?