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Tim Ryan: “I just want to say, the argument that you are going to hear over the next day is socialism. As the gentleman from…”

On the recordOctober 17, 2007
I just want to say, the argument that you are going to hear over the next day is socialism. As the gentleman from Florida just said, it is like, what are you talking about? Go in to private hospitals, private doctors, there is no question that this is privately administered. But here is the question. If we peel it back $1 billion or $5 billion, is that all of a sudden not socialism anymore? I mean, at what number do we get to where it stops becoming socialism and it starts becoming a private, some kind of health care system? The arguments, the strawmen, the red herrings that have been put up on this debate are absolutely ridiculous. And I can't believe the President would draw the line in the sand and just have no arguments to back it up.
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Tim Ryan
Democratic · Ohio

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Discussing the concept of socialism in relation to health care funding.

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