Question about what Obama just said.

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TheRealMafoo said:

Right now, while healthcare costs are very high, they are not a drain on government. Reducing them for the american people will not bring in more dollars to washington.

Ever hear of Medicare and Medicaid?  Once the government nationalizes health care, forcing less care, setting prices, and killing any innovation in new treatments or drugs, they will keep prices lower and thus spend less overall.

As for the deficit, Obama is on course to be the most fiscally irresponsible president in history.  I thought it would take him longer to surpass the irreducibly irresponsible Dubya in this regard, but he's quickly put together enough spending to literally bankrupt the nation.  One can only hope that Congress can put a stop to the insanity emanating from the executive branch on budget issues (I'm not holding my breath and neither should you).