On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:16:56 -0500, the infamous "Buerste"
scrawled the following:


"Hawke" wrote in message
...
HH&C wrote:
On Dec 26, 5:54 am, Cliff
wrote:
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=9424862
"GOP Lawmakers Change Tune on Costly Health Plans"
[
Democrats are troubled by the inconsistency of Republican lawmakers who
approved
a major Medicare expansion six years ago that has added tens of billions
of
dollars to federal deficits, but oppose current health overhaul plans.

All current GOP senators, including the 24 who voted for the 2003
Medicare
expansion ......
.....
The Democrats claim that their plan moving through Congress now will pay
for
itself with higher taxes and spending cuts and they cite the nonpartisan
Congressional Budget Office for support.

By contrast, when Republicans controlled the House, Senate and White
House in
2003, they overcame Democratic opposition to add a deficit-financed
prescription
drug benefit to Medicare. The program will cost a half-trillion dollars
over 10
years, or more by some estimates.

With no new taxes or spending offsets accompanying the Medicare drug
program,
the cost has been added to the federal debt.

Some Republicans say they don't believe the CBO's projections that the
health
care overhaul will pay for itself. As for their newfound worries about
big
government health expansions, they essentially say: That was then, this
is now.

Six years ago, "it was standard practice not to pay for things," said
Sen. Orrin
Hatch, R-Utah.
....
]

So you are saying that they were ahead of their time?


I think he meant they have been leading the charge on spending too much
for a long, long time. And they will do so again if given the chance.

Hawke

And, in 1 year Obammy outspent every Republican from the beginning of time
by a factor of ten!

Now tell us what all of that bought for us, Tawm. It shouldn't take
long at all. deep, mournful sigh

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