# Is it okay for government to decieve the public to get laws passed?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 13, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-okay-for-government-to-decieve-the-public-to-get-laws-passed/704548 "2014-11-13T18:13:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-okay-for-government-to-decieve-the-public-to-get-laws-passed/704548/100 "2014-11-14T20:08:30Z")

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> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#):
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> I know what you mean. It’s like - if you can say “ha ha, what that guy is saying is so silly it’s funny …” you can get by with having no actual substantive argument at all. You see that a lot from some people, when they have nothing better.

And if this is what you want the thread to be about, I mean, Godspeed, keep on keepin on. I do think Democratic misrepresentation of the law are worth discussing, but it’s bitter medicine for me; your sweet sweet prevarications about Boehner are far easier to take.

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