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Old 11-30-2011, 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Kraftwerk [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
I concur in that we need to cut spending. Military spending in 2011 is ~$700B. But you know what else we need to cut, permanently? Obamacare. Medicare/Medicaid is already ~$800B this year (Social security is a nice #2 at $730B) and the insanity that is healthcare for everyone will cost us an arm and a leg. .
people keep repeating this, but seriously? even before we had 'obamacare' we were already spending more per capita on health care than any other industrialized nation in the world... if other nations can provide health care for everyone for less, why can't we?