Posted by
Defend America on Thursday, July 16, 2009 8:58:34 PM
Joe Biden: ‘We Have to Go Spend Money to Keep From Going Bankrupt’
Thursday, July 16, 2009
By
Penny Starr, Senior Staff Writer
Vice President Joe Biden (AP Photo)
(CNSNews.com)
– Vice President Joe Biden told people attending an AARP town hall
meeting that unless the Democrat-supported health care plan becomes law
the nation will go bankrupt and that the only way to avoid that fate is
for the government to spend more money.
“And folks look, AARP knows and the people with me here today know, the
president knows, and I know, that the status quo is simply not
acceptable,” Biden said at the event on Thursday in Alexandria, Va.
“It’s totally unacceptable. And it’s completely unsustainable. Even if
we wanted to keep it the way we have it now. It can’t do it
financially.”
“We’re going to go bankrupt as a nation,” Biden said.
“Now, people when I say that look at me and say, ‘What are you talking
about, Joe? You’re telling me we have to go spend money to keep from
going bankrupt?’” Biden said. “The answer is yes, that's what I’m
telling you
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