# 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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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-okay-for-government-to-decieve-the-public-to-get-laws-passed/704548/117 "2014-11-15T02:01:13Z")

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> [@adaher](#):
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> All criticism of the law would be labelled Scaremongering", whether it was true or false

Coming from someone championing the crew that kept talking about “death panels” and similar stuff, my Irony Meter has just been destroyed.

Those who promoted ACA had no right to lie about their proposals. But pretending that only one side lied to get their way is ludicrous.

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