President Barack Obama, in an effort to sell a health care plan that made voters, at the very least, uneasy, promised that “if Americans like their doctor, they’ll be keeping their doctor. You like your plan? You’ll be keeping your plan.” He and other Democrats repeated that promise over and over in one form or another. When that proved not to be the case, the Republicans were gleeful, the president was embarrassed (remember when we had presidents who could be embarrassed?) and trust in government took another hit.
Now, President Donald Trump has said many things about his tax plan (many of them false, including the claim we are the highest-taxed nation in the world).