{"id":2524,"date":"2009-07-16T19:27:46","date_gmt":"2009-07-16T23:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=2524"},"modified":"2009-07-16T19:27:46","modified_gmt":"2009-07-16T23:27:46","slug":"joe-biden-we-have-to-go-spend-money-to-keep-from-going-bankrupt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/16\/joe-biden-we-have-to-go-spend-money-to-keep-from-going-bankrupt\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden: &#8216;We Have to Go Spend Money to Keep From Going Bankrupt&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/public\/content\/article.aspx?RsrcID=51162\" target=\"_blank\">CNSNews.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Vice President Joe Biden told people attending an AARP town hall meeting that unless the Democrat-supported health care plan becomes law the nation will go bankrupt and that the only way to avoid that fate is for the government to spend more money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd folks look, AARP knows and the people\u00a0with me\u00a0here today know, the president knows, and I know, that the status quo is simply not acceptable,\u201d Biden said at the event on Thursday in Alexandria, Va. \u201cIt\u2019s totally unacceptable. And it\u2019s completely unsustainable. Even if we wanted to keep it the way we have it now. It can\u2019t do it financially.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to go bankrupt as a nation,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, people when I say that look at me and\u00a0say, \u2018What are you talking about, Joe? You\u2019re telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?\u2019\u201d Biden said. \u201cThe answer is yes, that&#8217;s what\u00a0I\u2019m telling you.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With all due respect Mr. Vice President, we&#8217;re already bankrupt&#8230; Or do you think  <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.heritage.org\/2009\/03\/24\/bush-deficit-vs-obama-deficit-in-pictures\/\" target=\"_blank\">trillion-dollar deficits<\/a> as far as the eye can see are a good thing?<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and\u00a0 by the way Mr. Vice President the Congressional Budget Office has already <a href=\"http:\/\/cboblog.cbo.gov\/?p=328\" target=\"_blank\">laid waste<\/a> to your foolish &#8216;We Have to Go Spend Money to Keep From Going Bankrupt&#8217; argument.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasdaq.com\/aspx\/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=200907151403dowjonesdjonline000758&amp;title=centrist-dem-leaderhas-committee-votes-to-block-health-bill\" target=\"_blank\">Centrist Dem Leader: Has Committee Votes To Block Health Bill<\/a> &#8211; Dow Jones Newswires<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.abcnews.com\/politicalpunch\/2009\/07\/president-obama-continues-questionable-you-can-keep-your-health-care-promise.html\" target=\"_blank\">President Obama Continues Questionable \u201cYou Can Keep Your Health Care\u201d Promise<\/a> &#8211; ABC News Political Punch<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2009\/07\/16\/bombshell-cbo-chief-tells-congress-obamacare-will-significantly-expand-federal-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bombshell: CBO chief tells Congress ObamaCare will \u201csignificantly expand\u201d federal spending<\/a> &#8211; Hot Air<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From CNSNews.com: Vice President Joe Biden told people attending an AARP town hall meeting that unless the Democrat-supported health care plan becomes law the nation will go bankrupt and that the only way to avoid that fate is for the government to spend more money. \u201cAnd folks look, AARP knows and the people\u00a0with me\u00a0here today [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[26,43,7],"tags":[767,1363,490,1366,84,462],"class_list":{"0":"post-2524","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-economy","7":"category-health-care","8":"category-politics","9":"tag-aarp","10":"tag-economy","11":"tag-government-spending","12":"tag-health-care","13":"tag-joe-biden","14":"tag-obama-administration","15":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-EI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2623,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/18\/comeuppance-thousands-quit-aarp-over-health-care-reform\/","url_meta":{"origin":2524,"position":0},"title":"Comeuppance: Thousands Quit AARP Over Health Care Reform","author":"Jeff","date":"August 18, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"From CBS News: CBS News has learned that up to 60,000 people have cancelled their AARP memberships since July 1, angered over the group's position on health care. 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