Thursday, July 16, 2009

So, is the Empty Suited Idiot in Chief going to ignore the CBO on Health Care like he did the Porkulous?

As we all know by now, the Congressional Budget Office warned us that if the messiah got his porkulous through, it would hurt our recovery.

He, of course, ignored them. After all, there were unions and GE to pay back...

So now, today, that same office comes out and states:

Instead of saving the federal government from fiscal catastrophe, the health reform measures being drafted by congressional Democrats would increase rather than reduce public spending on health care, potentially worsening an already bleak budget outlook, the director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said this morning.

This same office warned us. These same people told us that the Porkulous would hurt us instead of help us.

Seems to me they were right then... and are right now.

Will it matter to the leftists running the show?

My guess?

No.


CBO Chief Criticizes Democrats' Health Reform Measures

Director Says Proposed Changes Would Increase Health Care Spending


Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, July 16, 2009; 2:25 PM

Instead of saving the federal government from fiscal catastrophe, the health reform measures being drafted by congressional Democrats would increase rather than reduce public spending on health care, potentially worsening an already bleak budget outlook, the director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said this morning.

Under questioning by members of the Senate Budget Committee, CBO director Douglas Elmendorf said bills crafted by House leaders and the Senate health committee do not propose "the sort of fundamental changes that would be necessary to reduce the trajectory of federal health spending by a significant amount."

"On the contrary," Elmendorf said, "the legislation significantly expands the federal responsibility for health-care costs.

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