Eh... it's not hard. It all depends on two things: The meaning of the term "health care," and what you're willing to give up to achieve it.
What he's not saying is that he plans to cut the military budget by 90 percent and issue everyone in the U.S. a ten-percent off coupon for the local pharmacy, and one complementary box of Band-Aids™.
Here's an excerpt:
Q: George Bush argues that the U.S. is primed for a strong economic recovery. How do you see it?
A: I think that is complete nonsense. My favorite economist on Wall Street is Stephen Roach. He believes that the combination of these enormous deficits, incredibly low and potentially negative savings rates, and the enormous trade imbalance that we have is likely to result in significant economic calamity. So while there may be some short-term improvement, I think this President has put the entire economic future of America in enormous jeopardy with his supply-side nonsense.
Q: What would you do to get the economy moving again?
A: First, we need to do what Clinton did in 1993: We need to make a genuine effort to start to balance the budget to restore investor confidence. The second thing I would do is to support the small-business community. They create more jobs than large businesses do, and they don't move their jobs offshore. And if American taxpayers are going to invest in businesses with tax breaks, we ought to invest in businesses that stay here.
Q: Are you calling for the repeal of all the Bush tax cuts or just those passed this year?
A: All the cuts, though there are some tax cuts that we would look at as [part of] an economic-stimulus package. But right now the President's tax cuts are so irresponsible and so foolish that I would repeal all of them. The kinds of things I like in tax policy are things like rapid depreciation, with fixed time periods of eligibility. But the [tax cuts are] such a mess that it's better to start all over again.