Gin and Tonic Sky wrote:Behshad wrote:strangegrey wrote:The biggest problem for Obama will be this 900 billion he seems to have found in between the sofa pillows.
No one, leftie or rightie, can buy that with a straight face. We're in the middle of one of the worst economic climates in history, and all of a sudden, He's found almost a trillion dollars to spend on his latest pet project?
I'm sorry....this is a grenade that's going to blow up in the face of Axelrod and Obama. If we were in economically flush times, it might sell...
But the fact that he came out and said "don't worry, tax payers, this wont cost you a 'dime'," (his words not mine), "We've got enough inefficiency and fraud to pay for almost all of it"
Can you imagine if this were a kid going "Mommy, I am going to buy a playstation!" Mom responds "You don't have the money, son!" Junior responds "Yes I do, I've been stealing it from your purse for the past year!" Mommy wouldn't respond with thunderous applause and praise. She'd ground him....
He'll find it between the same sofa pillows where Bush found the $ to fund the 2 wars we're currently fightingOnly difference is O's money will be used to save lives
people die undernationalised healthcare schemes when resources get scare. It happens in Britain. no ones life will saved under govt healthcare.
not only this , but the world leading R&D that the US funds will get stifled. This too wil cost lives. No one's life will get saved here..
Then you have to factor in potential Dr's and RN's who'll go into another field to make some coin.