Comments on: Fact Checking the South Carolina Debate

By: There She Goes Again (Hillary Clinton vs. the Truth) - Liberal Values - Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:58:28 +0000

[...] Fact Checking the South Carolina Debate [...]

By: Ron Chusid

Ron Chusid — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:53:21 +0000

By having universal health care she was not talking about the government providing health care for everyone. Most would still be covered by their current programs. As she advocates a mandate to require people to purchase coverage, this will also add to the number of insured people without adding to government costs.

There will still be increased government costs to her plan, primarily due to subsidies for those who cannot afford to purchase coverage. To some degree society already does subsidize these people by cost shifting to programs such as Medicare. While this is a big government program, it would not be larger than Social Security, and most likely could be financed by rolling back the Bush tax cuts to those making over $250,000 as opposed to tax increase for everyone.

There are still arguments against this, but the argument here does overstate the objections.

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:24:41 +0000

I was really concerned when Hillary Clinton mentioned that she believed that a core Democratic belief was Universal Healthcare. Never in the history of this nation has someone tied such a liberal agenda to this country. Although it is ideal give everyone in this country health coverage, we cannot afford it for the following reasons:
1. In order to pay for it, we would need to raise taxes.
2. If we did not raise taxes, then the government will have to undergo deficit spending and therefore increase our national debt. Then we can have even more fun with higher grocery, gas, and other prices (don’t worry, your grandchildren will face this).
3. Not everyone will be “covered.” People will have to purchase supplemental insurance because the government won’t cover everything.

So if you are interested in another big government spending project larger than Social Security then vote Hillary. Unfortunately, she has not come up with an idea that will save Social Security and what makes everyone think that if she can’t handle that single issue that she will be successful with healthcare this time around.