From Thomas Sowell, more insight into how things really work is contained in this one paragraph that seems to be possesed by the entire Obama Administration and the Democrat-controlled Congress:

After political crusades for "affordable housing" ended up ruining the housing market and much of the economy with it, many of the same politicians are now carrying on a crusade for "affordable health care." But what you can afford has absolutely nothing to do with the cost of producing anything. Refusing to pay those costs means that you are just not going to continue getting the same quantity and quality-- regardless of what any politician says or how well he says it.

"What you can afford has absolutely nothing to do with the cost of producing anything."

So simple and so right.