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|quote="Why be scared of a government health program? After all, the president says, "Medicare is a government program that works really well," and if "we're able to get something right like Medicare," we should have more "confidence" about being able to do it for everyone. On the other hand, the president says, Medicare is "unsustainable" and "running out of money." By the way, unlike your run-of-the-mill politician's contradictory statements, these weren't made a year or even a week apart, but during the same presidential speech in Portsmouth, N.H."
|quote="Why be scared of a government health program? After all, the president says, "Medicare is a government program that works really well," and if "we're able to get something right like Medicare," we should have more "confidence" about being able to do it for everyone. On the other hand, the president says, Medicare is "unsustainable" and "running out of money." By the way, unlike your run-of-the-mill politician's contradictory statements, these weren't made a year or even a week apart, but during the same presidential speech in Portsmouth, N.H."
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{{Opinion|America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009|Act should be passed|against}}
{{Opinion|Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act|Act should be passed|against}}
{{Opinion|American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009|Act should not have been passed|for}}
{{Opinion|American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009|Act should not have been passed|for}}

Latest revision as of 14:33, March 11, 2010

This is an opinion item.

Author(s) Mark Steyn
Source The Washington Times
Date August 24, 2009
URL http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/24/hes-spending-your-future/
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Quotes-start.png "Why be scared of a government health program? After all, the president says, "Medicare is a government program that works really well," and if "we're able to get something right like Medicare," we should have more "confidence" about being able to do it for everyone. On the other hand, the president says, Medicare is "unsustainable" and "running out of money." By the way, unlike your run-of-the-mill politician's contradictory statements, these weren't made a year or even a week apart, but during the same presidential speech in Portsmouth, N.H." Quotes-end.png


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This item argues against the position Act should be passed on the topic Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.


This item argues for the position Act should not have been passed on the topic American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.