Reality Check: We Can Afford Reform, We Cant Afford the Status Quo

Jared Bernstein, Chief Economist for the Vice President and Executive Director of the Middle Class Task Force, debunks the myth that we cant afford health insurance reform. To the contrary, not only has the President demanded that reform not add to the deficit in the short term, but reform is the only way to get skyrocketing health care costs under control that will be devastating for families, businesses, and government deficits in the long term under the status quo. August 24, 2009. (Public Domain)

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[xemmas]

sometimes something bad just needs to happen for stupid people to understand thats all ignorance is a very deadly problem >>

[MentallyJuiced]

FU OBAMA! Transparency??????? Accountability?????? Change???? This is not even a case of more of the same, this is worst than even. WE THE PEOPLE DO NOT WANT THIS!!!!!!!

[cdavis567]

What the fuck is a middle class task force???

[newdebate]

Rasmussen Poll of Likely Voters:

Strongly Approve: 28%

Strongly Disapprove: 41%

Total Approval: 48%

Total Disapproval: 51%

A midnight resignation on a holiday weekend? That sounds like the chopping block to most Independent American voters. The cookie begins to crumble, yes?

Either Mr. Obama resigns or the Demcratic Part wil cooperate to force him from our Oval Office. Election day 2010 approaches and Mr. Obamas' personal problems reflect poorly on Democrats across America

[TrollBuster9090]

1. Van Jones resigned, he wasn't fired.

2. He will be replaced by somebody with the same agenda who just hasn't said as many stupid things. So, you've accomplished essentially nothing.

3. Obama approval rating is still above 50% according to Gallup.

4. Resign? Sorry, he was elected by a majority of the voters, and hasn't done anything wrong. Man up and stop being such a pathetic SORE LOSER.

[newdebate]

Presidential Approval Index: -11

Van Jones fired at midnight? That won't help. Mr. Obama, please resign.

[Product1999]

thats ok he already got their vote...so he is cool as of now...and everyone will have to judge him over his 4 year tenure...not his first few hundred days.

[newdebate]

Presidential Approval among Likely Voters:

Strongly Approve:  29%

Strongly Disapprove: 38%

Total Approval: 49%

Total DIsapproval: 51%

Americas' Independent voters don't want to hear Mr. Obamas' voice anymore.

[MsWanderer1]

ajack50;

I agree 100%; politics is just another name for organized crime but YouTube has a limit to the size of our comments so I didn't get to that one. You should just add to the message and not attack the messenger; I can see how you may misinterpret my comments though. You're one of the few that I won't reciprocate to your thumbs down with my thumbs down. If you hadn't gotten unjustly personal, I would have given you a thumbs up; keep you cool and we can get the message across.

[MrEmesis]

Indian: Another convincing argument from a 6th grader, I mean liberal. How can I debate such an intelligent exchange as the one you've started.