{"id":8638,"date":"2013-12-16T10:14:16","date_gmt":"2013-12-16T17:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/\/?p=8638"},"modified":"2013-12-16T09:36:16","modified_gmt":"2013-12-16T16:36:16","slug":"paternalistic-dishonesty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=8638","title":{"rendered":"Paternalistic Dishonesty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently when President Obama said &#8220;If you like your health plan, you can keep your health plan.&#8221; it was not a lie, it was &#8220;paternalistic dishonesty.&#8221;\u00a0 The kind of thing you tell your children to get them to do the right thing even if it is something they don&#8217;t want to do.\u00a0 For example: &#8220;Take this medicine it doesn&#8217;t taste bad.&#8221; or &#8221; If you wear this suit everyone will think you&#8217;re a big boy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Image-4.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8639\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=8639\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Image-4.jpg?fit=510%2C340&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"510,340\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Image 4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Image-4.jpg?fit=510%2C340&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8639\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Image-4-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Image-4.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Image-4.jpg?resize=250%2C166&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Image-4.jpg?w=510&amp;ssl=1 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I suspect the differences is that voters don&#8217;t like to be treated like children.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/\/archives\/politics\/simon-eats-crow\"><strong>I could be wrong<\/strong><\/a> I certainly was about the last election.\u00a0 Maybe the public is okay with a little &#8220;paternalistic dishonesty.&#8221;\u00a0 So &#8220;if you go to bed now there will be a big surprise for you next November.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently when President Obama said &#8220;If you like your health plan, you can keep your health plan.&#8221; 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