Universal Health Care: 1st Installment

He may or may not be the American Machiavelli, but Barack Obama sure isn't afraid to toss around the big money numbers.

Obama Proposes $634 Billion Fund For Health Care

Aides Call Money a 'Down Payment' Toward Universal-Coverage Efforts

President Obama is proposing to begin a vast expansion of the U.S. health-care system by creating a $634 billion reserve fund over the next decade, launching an overhaul that most experts project will ultimately cost at least $1 trillion.

That giant sucking sound is the huge vacuum the government will use to extract your "excess" dollars. The giant clanking sound is the rumble of printing presses producing nearly worthless money.