Talk Sense Now, Joe

Joe Lieberman, you've been talking a lot of nonsense about how we ought to reform our health care system, but how we can't afford to do so this year. I shall tell you what I told the good folks at KPCC:

The reformed system you set in place will stand for many decades. During that time, there will be economic upturns and downturns. Rest assured, that whether you pass something this year, when we are poor, or in a year or two, when we are rich again, we will one day be paying for your choice in times such as these. I count seven recessions since the passage of Medicare.

Where we happen to be in the current economic cycle this year or next year is completely irrelevant. And you've been around the block enough times to have figured that out for yourself.

Yours, very sincerely.