Originally Posted by cabo35

On the front page of today's Village Sun there is an Associated Press article entitled "Federal Deficit Surges". It portrays some of the ominous consequences of Washington's unbridled, runaway spending. It says that economists "warn about the seeds of another economic crisis" unless hard decisions about spending cuts and raising taxes are implemented.

The simple question. Why are Congress and the White House pursuing a Health-Care or Medical Insurance initiative that will cost over 2 trillion dollars (Harry Reid's recent acknowledgement) at a time when the country needs fiscal restraint to fix its own economic health?