The "reality" is, Obamacare is going to explode the whole universe and send us all flying into outer space. - average Republican, 2010.
Didn't happen.
Did you see the recent cost projections through 2020? Trillions lower than what was anticipated in 2010. Scare tactics, anyone? The "reality" is that things are never as bad as Republicans say they are. It's a rule of thumb.
"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea
