Connecticut "independent Democrat Senator Joe Lieberman wrote an editorial in the November 1st Hartford Courant, "Joe's Stand: Public Option A Risk We Can't Afford. Lieberman's views cannot go unchallenged.
Senator Lieberman says he "share(s) the president's commitment to pass legislation that lowers health care costs, provides greater access to coverage and puts new regulations on insurance companies to protect consumers. He supports Obama's pledge to "not support legislation that adds one dime to the already-staggering (national) debt now or in the future.
But, Lieberman observes, "Our fiscal house is deteriorating dangerously and, "our health care problem is inexorably linked to our broader economic problems and, in particular, our out-of-control national debt. He writes, "Health care has contributed significantly to this crisis.
Au contraire, Senator Lieberman.
Are you saying health care is primarily responsible for the doubling of the national debt over the past eight years?
Did the Bush tax cuts and tax rebates have nothing to do with it?
Did seven years of waging two un-funded, debt-financed wars have nothing to do with it?
Did eight years of record-deficit spending have nothing to do with it?
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