Political Quotes

“I think you make a fascinating point. Clearly, the American people get it. They believe the health care system delivers quality care, but a lot of people are left out. Indeed, many of my friends in Arizona point out, way too many people are left out. The uninsured are left out. Many of the uninsured are people who are just not lucky enough to get employer-provided care. One of the moral outrages I find in America's political system is that we say if you work for a big employer, let's say you work for General Motors or you work for in my State Intel or Motorola. You get employer-provided health care. You know what that is? It is tax free. But if you own a lawn service or a small corner garage and you don't get employer-provided health care, and your employees don't get employer-provided health care, they have to go out and buy health care on their own. That might be okay. I actually think it is better when you buy your own policy, but here is what the Federal Government does to those people. They say we want you, the guy who works for the lawn service or the guy who works for the corner garage that can't provide employer-provided health care, we want you to go out and buy health care, and we want it so much that we are going to make you buy it with after-tax dollars. That is to say that we are going to charge you at least a third more.…”