By Andrew Ward
Fox News reports that the nearly one trillion dollar government onslaught of what’s left of the free market in health care has been deemed a “deficit-reducer” by the Congressional Budget Office. That’s right, the government is planning on saving the taxpayers $130 billion dollars over the next 10 years, and 1.2 trillion over the decade after that by spending approximately 100 billion dollars a year. Talk about voodoo economics. You and I both know that this abomination, like Medicare, is going to cost much more than originally forecast. To add insult to injury:
Here’s why the budget estimate was so critical: House Democrats want to pass the “side-car” package of changes to the Senate-passed health care bill under “reconciliation” rules, which would allow the Senate to pass it with just 51 votes, instead of 60. However, in order to qualify for the process, the CBO estimate needed to show that the bill saves at least $1 billion over five years and creates absolutely no deficit after that period of time.
With the bogus report, Nancy Pelosi gets a pass to push for a vote on the so-called “reconciliation” bill in the House on Sunday.
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