Political Quotes

“The other thing that happens on this, there is a ripple effect, because when you go to Canada, and we are competing against Canada for automotive manufacturing, furniture manufacturing, when a Canadian worker needs to pay for health care and if prescription drugs are a part of their benefit, all of a sudden providing that benefit to a Canadian worker is a whole lot cheaper than it is providing that same benefit to a UAW employee or retiree in Detroit, Michigan, or to an active worker. That just says we are making it more expensive. If you talk to your manufacturing people today, what are they complaining about? They are complaining about the escalating cost of health care which many and most people say is being driven primarily by the escalating cost of prescription drugs. The cost of prescription drugs is one thing. The cost of health care is another. But that has a ripple effect into other parts of our economy, which makes it more difficult for our workers to be competitive against other workers around the world.”