UnionLeader.com - New Hampshire news, business and sports - Pat Buchanan: The fatal flaw of all democracies - Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009: "'We just can't afford it!' Not long ago, every American child heard that, at one time or another, in the home in which he or she was raised.
'We just can't afford it!' It may have been a new car, or two weeks at the beach, or the new flat-panel TV screen.
Every family knew there were times you had to do without. Every father and mother has had to disappoint their kids with those words. Why is it that what parents do many times a year politicians seem incapable of doing: saying no?
How many times in the last decade have the political leaders of either party stood up and declared, 'No, we cannot afford this'?
Consider. Friday, the White House conceded that the deficits over the next 10 years will total $2 trillion more than they had reported just months ago. Instead of $7.1 trillion, we will run $9 trillion in deficits."
Meanwhile, the White House demands a new entitlement -- health care coverage for 47 million uninsured who can't afford it or refuse to buy it -- that will cost at least $1 trillion over 10 years. Can we afford this -- now?
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