President Barack Obama (D-USA) is continuing his latest media blitz this weekend with appearances on all the Sunday talk shows (with one notable absence) to talk about health care.
I have a very simple question that I keep hoping some intrepid journalist will pose to him, but I keep being disappointed.
The question?
“Unemployment is now the highest it’s been in more than 25 years. Indications are that it will go even higher. Why is healthcare the #1 priority of your administration?”
I’d like to ask that to 100 Senators and 435 Representatives too, just change “your administration” to “this Congress”.
I actually believe that Obama has an answer to this question. It’ll be Orwellian doublespeak, but he’ll do it. It will be something like “We already passed a stimulus package. The stimulus is working. But in the meantime, the increasing unemployment only increases the need for healthcare for the uninsured.”
I don’t think Congress could come up with an answer even that smart.
Of course, if that is his answer, then the obvious follow-up question is:
“But the problem is that these high unemployment numbers mean both more uninsured and lower tax receipts, which makes it even harder to pay for your program. Wouldn’t it be better to help these people get jobs and reduce the number of uninsured that way?”
Obama has no answer to the follow-up.
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