A recent TV ad attacking Scott Murphy was sponsored by 60 Plus, The irony is that 60 Plus, pretends to be an alternative to AARP, however it fights for corporate rights not Senior rights!
In actuality, this a GOP front for corporate interest such as Big Pharma, in general and Pfizer in particular. . There is further irony or duplicity in the fact that Pfizer recently bought Wyest and discharged 18 000 US employees. Another irony is the fact that Pfizer used President Bush's "tarp " money to finance the takeover. Pfizer, has extensive off shore operation.
The ads are against Scott and 16 other Democratic Congress Members. The ads are blatantly false in every way. In general, they do not represent seniors or have an organization to do so. In particular and thanks to the investigative reporting of:
http://www.factcheck.org/2010/09/misleading-onslaught-by-60-plus/
the actual lies are debunked.
One lie used against Congressman Murphy is that the Medical Care reform act caused a 500 billion dollar cut in Medicare. It didn’t! “CBO predicts that federal outlays for Medicare in fiscal year 2020 will be $929 billion, compared with projected spending of $519 billion this year”. So the program isn’t being cut below existing levels, or even stopped in its tracks.
Other references are:
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=60_Plus_Association
http://www.businessword.com/index.php?/weblog/comments/422/
I suggest that if the people in the ads are not familiar in your neighborhood, just look at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ You can buy “generic photos on line.
It is hoped that the people will see thru the lies and distortions and re-elect Scott Murphy to continue the progress made in the past 2 years.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
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