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Vice President Joe Biden on Health Care Spending

“And folks look, AARP knows and the people with me here today know, the president knows and I know, that the status quo is simply not acceptable. It’s totally unacceptable. And it’s completely unsustainable. Even if we wanted to keep it it the way have it now, we can’t do financially.”

“We’re going to go bankrupt as a nation. Now, people when I say that look at me and say, ‘What are you talking about, Joe? You’re telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?’ The answer is yes, that’s what I’m telling you.” — emphasis added on excerpts from a speech at AARP town hall event, per CNSNews.com (July 16, 2009)

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