Roskam raises sophism to are form

My congressman Peter Roskam (IL-6) has brought sophism - the use of false arguments to deceive people - to new heights in his website deception on the tax cut bill.

Roskam's deceitful website message implies that every dollar of tax relief comes from simplifying and making fairer the tax code. The truth is every dollar of tax reduction comes from exploding the deficit, something Roskam has demonized throughout his eleven years in Congress to argue against investing in education, infrastructure, health care for the needy, green energy development; indeed every aspect of a decent society.

Roskam's second deception is that the tax bill 'prioritizes middle income families'. That is laughable when roughly two thirds of the tax cuts go to the already wealthy, while many in the middle class will receive little or no reduction; indeed some will pay more.

Roskam's third and possibly worst deception is failure to mention the poison pill he and his cruel Republican colleagues inserted which will eviscerate the the Affordable Care Act, making it unaffordable to over 10 million desperate folks previously aided by it. This cruelty may have silenced Roskam but certainly not the soulless president who bragged about the ACA's impending demise in his victory lap yesterday.

Relentless sophism has served Roskam well through six elections in his quest for a lifetime sinecure in Congress. In 289 days the residents of the Illinois Sixth can decide whether truth, decency and straight talk to truly uplift society will prevail over sophist self interest.