Claim:
“This will bring us back to hunting and gathering.”
— Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), 6/26/09
Truth:
Really? We’ll go back to hunters and gatherers? Yikes!
Since the survivalist skills we’ll need have fallen into disuse, perhaps we should all take a trip to the Smithsonian Natural History Museum to learn about hunting and gathering before the collapse of civilization. Americans will need to familiarize ourselves with edible plants — big printings of the Peterson Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants should commence right away.
This kind of absurd hyperbole does nothing to advance arguments against this bill. Contrary to what Rep. McCotter may think, America’s future under this bill is clean and prosperous, not apocalyptic.