‘We Have to Go Spend Money to Keep From Going Bankrupt’

[longhorn_92]

Is this the CHANGE that everyone wanted?????... What has happened to the America?????.....




(CNSNews.com) – Vice President Joe Biden told people attending an AARP town hall meeting that unless the Democrat-supported health care plan becomes law the nation will go bankrupt and that the only way to avoid that fate is for the government to spend more money.

“And folks look, AARP knows and the people with me here today know, the president knows, and I know, that the status quo is simply not acceptable,” Biden said at the event on Thursday in Alexandria, Va. “It’s totally unacceptable. And it’s completely unsustainable. Even if we wanted to keep it the way we have it now. It can’t do it financially.”

“We’re going to go bankrupt as a nation,” Biden said.

“Now, people when I say that look at me and say, ‘What are you talking about, Joe? You’re telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?’” Biden said. “The answer is yes, that's what I’m telling you.”

The event, sponsored by the AARP – which supports the Obama administration’s plan – was attended by mostly AARP members who were bussed in for the meeting.

Biden told the group that the Obama health plan will not eliminate people’s ability to choose their health care insurance and that people who cannot afford insurance will be covered by the plan.

“They’ll be a deal in there so there’s competition, so what you’ll have in there is you’ll have the ability to go in there and say, ‘Now look, this is the policy I want. This is the one,” Biden said.

“And those people who can’t afford to get in there, up to a certain income, we’re going to subsidize them, you get in there and we’ll help you pay for it,” Biden said.

After opening remarks by Biden and AARP CEO A. Barry Rand, the audience asked questions, which were fielded by Biden, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Nancy Ann DeParle, director of the White House Office of Health Reform.

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[bpet]

Joe Biden is a pin headed idiot.

My apologies to the moderators for violating the personal attack rule.

[Oldgringo]

bpet wrote:

Joe Biden is a pin headed idiot.

Biden is first successor to the throne. Think on that for awhile.

[Kevinf2349]

bpet wrote:

Joe Biden is a pin headed idiot.

Biden is first successor to the throne. Think on that for awhile.

...and then think who is after him!

[mikeintexas]

bpet wrote:

Joe Biden is a pin headed idiot.

Biden is first successor to the throne. Think on that for awhile.

Oldgringo, you are painting a picture that I don't want to see!!

[74novaman]

We must fail to succeed!!!

[apostate]

Does anyone else feel like we're in a scene straight out of Orwell's 1984?

"War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength."

[74novaman]

Does anyone else feel like we're in a scene straight out of Orwell's 1984?

"War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength."

Very good call on that one. Every time I leaf through "Atlas Shrugged", "1984"or a few others I get chills. Life imitating art isn't exactly a concept I want to embrace when it comes to those novels.

[flintknapper]

[cowboymd]

I think Biden just had one of those "mis-spoke events". He really meant to say we have to go "print" more money to keep from going bankrupt.

[mr.72]

It's like Bizarro Jerry.

We now have the Bizarro Government.

[Chip]

It is more than bizarro. I still can't figure out the Obama position that the current health care expenses are what's causing the deficit when most of the health care industry is still in the private sector.

Kevin Brady's office put out an organization chart that helps explain how all this will work, it's worth a look:

http://docs.house.gov/gopleader/House-D ... h-Plan.pdf

[TLE2]

OK, I'm not really laughing, I may be out of a job!

[Drewthetexan]

It is more than bizarro. I still can't figure out the Obama position that the current health care expenses are what's causing the deficit when most of the health care industry is still in the private sector.

Kevin Brady's office put out an organization chart that helps explain how all this will work, it's worth a look:

http://docs.house.gov/gopleader/House-D ... h-Plan.pdf

This breaks down federal expenses.

http://www.federalbudget.com/