Via Balloon Juice.
Yes, the Congressional Budget Office’s preliminary cost estimates for Senate plans were higher than expected, and caused considerable consternation last week. But the fundamental fact is that we can afford universal health insurance — even those high estimates were less than the $1.8 trillion cost of the Bush tax cuts.
Krugman
And then there’s this: “The CBO numbers ($1.6 trillion) were also about half of the estimated long-range costs of the Iraq war.”
Money for war and tax cuts for the rich = Hell yeah!
Money for health care = Irresponsible spending
I don’t want to hear another word about what we can afford, because when it comes to what Republicans want… money’s no option and “fiscal responsibility” is just a cute little phrase uttered when they’re out of power.