richokeeffe wrote:Well, the only possible hole in that is that we do not know the source of the funding for the purchase. We _suspect_ HHS paid for it. Do we know for certain that it wasn't, say, The DNC or George Soros? Or for that matter, the lobbyists whose benefactors will benefit from the new legislation?
That's a different discussion.
The original post clearly states that we ARE paying for it, and that's the basis of my disgust.
You can't change the critical components of the discussion in order to make a point seem valid.
If a private entity wants to pay for marketing a website, then all the power to them.
Except in this instance, the website is government property and therefore should be verboden from being manipulated in any manner.
Otherwise, someone could easily redirect a valid search in a number of unscrupulous ways.