Poll after poll has shown that Placebocare is not supported by the majority of Americans. One segment that inexplicably hadn’t moved to the anti Placebocare side has been the youth. In fact, youth are one of the few segments that have consistently supported Placebocare. In a Rasmussen poll this week, while overall support for Placebocare had dropped to 38%, the poll found that a majority of those under 30 continued to support Placebocare.
As I said earlier, the support amongst those under 30 is inexplicable. Why? Because those under 30 are the group most likely to feel the impact of Placebocare.
The under 30 group is the most likely not to carry insurance. Under Placebocare, if you don’t have insurance you will be subject to fines, or in the House version, jail time. Also, several studies have shown that for those who do have insurance, those under 30 will likely see significant increases in the cost of their insurance. I referenced some of those studies here.
As long as Placebocare continues to have about a 40% support in the country, people like President Obama, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and other tone deaf politicians, will maintain an effort to enact Placebocare under the guise of “demand.” With all other age groups decidedly against Placebocare, if the under 30 group breaks its support, overall support will drop below 30% and that would likely be a death blow for Placebocare.
That begs the question, “How to we move the folks under 30?” Dick Morris and the League of American Voters may have found the answer.
Morris and the League have developed a commercial specifically targeted at the youth. The commercial was played in the States of several key Democrat Senators just prior to the Senate vote of last weekend. The results? Prior to the commercial, the under 30 crowd in these states supported Placebocare 58% to 30% against. After the commercial ran, the same age groups in the same states shifted to a 25% and 65% against Placebocare.
Hokey smoke Rocky! That’s a HUGE change. A change like that nationally would stop Placebocare in its tracks. So, what was the silver bullet in the message that got this dramatic change? Watch:
Turns out that those under 30 don’t like being taxed or penalized anymore than those over 30. Is it possible that those under 30 are just as economically rational as other age groups once they have the truth about how Placebocare will impact them? YUP!
Now that the Senate bill will enter debate it will be harder and harder for the Democrats to hide behind the “that’s not in the bill” argument using the “it’s not written yet” guise. Both the House and Senate plans are in written form and both have horrendous implications for the young people of our country. The longer the debate goes on, the more time to make sure that people have the information about what really is in the bill. Time is not the Democrat’s best friend when it comes to Placebocare.
