On the recordMarch 17, 2010
Now, let me just ask you a question. My friend, you come from the Midwest. You're a commonsense kind of guy. Now here's why this bill is having trouble getting votes, because it's like trying to grab yourself by the boot straps and lift yourself up and fly around this Chamber, because think about it a little bit. We've got the U.S. economy in serious economic problem because of three entitlement programs. They're the main things that are the budget busters: Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. So the government has stuck its nose into what was previously a free market with Medicare and Medicaid. And how well has the government managed those programs? It's about to bankrupt our country. So we've got Medicare and Medicaid about to bankrupt the country, and the government says, trust me to take it all over. I mean, there's something counterintuitive here somehow.
