[GilGil]

This is very cool. Even though the Supreme Court said that O-Care was a tax, the Feds view it as consumer spending. Maybe we should also include state and federal income taxes as consumer spending and next quarter we can claim GDP is up 15%.

[VRWC For Truth]

Lies, dang lies, and big corrupt grubment statistics.

[Ray76]

What’s that saying, figures don’t lie but liars figure. This is a case of liars figuring.

[Slyfox]

Do you remember Gruber on one of his rants talking about working things so that Obamacare is not viewed as a tax?

As if it were the one thing they did not want - as if it were deemed a tax then their cover would be blown.

And then Roberts correctly calls it a tax.

Somehow, it did not matter whether it was called a tax or not, but Gruber sure seemed worried about Obamacare being called a tax.

[MrB]

Any gov’t spending counted in the GDP is like
pumping water out of the deep end of a pool through a leaky hose into the shallow end and saying you’re filling the pool.

[dadfly]

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[Kartographer]

You guys must be like me and don’t get out much. There will be some FReepers along shortly to set you straight and tell you about how the economy is going ‘gangbusters’!

[PreciousLiberty]

Wow.

Just...wow.

These times are insane. Thank goodness (and certainly not 0) for lower gas prices at least.

[nomad]

Any numbers that come out of the government are now lies.

[outofsalt]

I attribute it all to my subscribing to the New York Times, The LA Times and the Washington Post! I also renewed my Newsweek subscription and my Time magazine and Huff-Po something or other. Oh, did I forget, I am a monthly donor to the Merry Ass Landrieu for Senate donor! /S

Forward!

[LMAO]

How much and how is Obamacare spending influencing third quarter GDP? In layman's terms