Goldman Sachs was Barack Obama's "No. 1 private contributor."
"All private healthcare plans must conform to government rules to participate in a Healthcare Exchange."
In the health care bill, "The 'Health Choices Commissioner' will decide health benefits for you. You will have no choice. None."
The health care reform bill -- on Page 16 -- outlaws private insurance.
"President Obama will now own 60 percent of GM, and his union buddies will own almost 20 percent."
"I said two years ago that the Fannie and Freddie thing was a very serious problem and we had to work on it."
"A ham and cheese sandwich on one slice of bread is the responsibility of the USDA ... But a ham and cheese sandwich on two slices of bread is the responsibility of the Food and Drug Administration."
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