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The $1.5 Trillion Waste
Real Clear Politics ^ | 07/10/2009 | Rick Scott

Posted on 07/10/2009 5:28:03 AM PDT by fiscon1

Yesterday the Congressional Budget Office scored the House version of a health overhaul bill at $1.5 trillion, that is, if you believe those rather optimistic estimates. Congress, after all, has a history of underestimating the costs of the programs they fund. In fact, the independent HSI Network scored the House's initial draft at a heart-stopping $3.5 trillion. But let's give Congress the benefit of the doubt, for just a moment, as we try to comprehend just how much of our money they want to spend on government-run health care.

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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: congress; healthcare

1 posted on 07/10/2009 5:28:03 AM PDT by fiscon1
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