Political Quotes

“I think we have the best health care reform plan. What it does, it provides vouchers to the poorest of the poor. There are a lot of people, 40, 38 million people that have no insurance. It provides insurance to the poorest of the poor. For the middle income, it provides tax credits and breaks, so it's the equivalent of a sustenance there to help you buy insurance. It keeps the Government out of it. My big argument with Government and Clinton, he wants another Government board to set prices. Anytime you have Government intervention in the market, prices go up. So I believe our health care plan--and I hate guys that say, have you read my speech or looked at my program, and then make you read 30 pages--take a look at it because it does address itself to these ever-increasing costs. Mr. Nigut. Mr. President, thank you. We've got to take another quick break, and we'll be back after this. [At this point, the television station took a commercial break.] Mr. Nigut. We're back with more questions for the President. We talked a little about health care before the break and we have a followup question.”