# 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:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-okay-for-government-to-decieve-the-public-to-get-laws-passed/704548/85 "2014-11-14T18:11:47Z")

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> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#):
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> Fair point–it’s not like Republican leaders picked up on it and ran with the torch. I mean, if the House Republican Leader had made “death panel”-ish allegations, you’d be wrong, but he didn’t, did he?
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> > [@John Boehner](#):
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> > This provision may start us down a treacherous path toward government-encouraged euthanasia if enacted into law.

This is pretty weak. “May start us down a path towards” is a far cry from “equals”.

Boehner’s statement is a lot more accurate and less misleading than your post.

[I did observe that you left yourself some wriggle room in the “-ish” suffix, but no difference.]

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