NY Times and Wash Post Say CBO Numbers Don't Pass Smell Test

The Lid/Wash Times/NY Times ^ | 3/19/2010 | The Lid

[Shellybenoit]

When my wife and I were getting married we had a interesting interview with the florist who we eventually hired. He told us that he used to be the florest for most of the Mafia families in NY and that it would take a week or two to get the massive amount of flowers necessary. I asked him what do you mean weeks, didn't they bury people within a few days? "Well said the florist, If it was a really big funeral, they would usually give me a weeks notice before the guy would need a "funeral."

Just like my "florist's clients," the CBO results were "ready" before the bill was released. I do not mean that the CBO purposely changed their analysis to get Nancy Pelosi the numbers but as Mike Pence indicated during the seven hour "non-partisan'" heath care conference the CBO spits out according to the direction they are given, they do not make judgments based on that direction. Therefore there are tons of tricks in their cost analysis, some of most blatant are the first ten years includes only six years of costs but ten years of additional tax income, or how the $500 billion of Medicare savings are counted twice. Gee if they counted it 100 times we can make the deficit go away, but of course you cant spend the same money twice.

[Blue Turtle]

...and who did they endorse for President?

[DManA]

The democrats arbitrarily and unilaterally invented this $trillion limit on the price tag and then when they contrive to make it look like they’ve stayed within it they jump around high fiveing as if they’ve accomplished some great feat.

[Thank You Rush]

“”but of course you cant spend the same money twice.””

You can if you sit in Congress.....

[darkangel82]

If these two ultra-lib papers don’t like it, you know it must be beyond bad.

[SoldierDad]

...and who did they endorse for President?

Didn't you mean, " . . . and who did they endorse for Savior?"?

[Brad from Tennessee]

Correct. It doesn't work in reality because once this Rube Goldberg system is activated each myriad division, department, office, and bureaucrat will find ways to increase their staff, budget and authority.

Lawsuits by groups claiming unequal access or ethnic insensitivity (lack of footbaths or sweatlodges in hospitals), denial of a particular proceedure or medication (facelifts and methadone, are already being written.

The federal courts have already ruled that basic public services provided to citizens can't be denied to illegal aliens. Take a look in any classroom or emergency room. The bill's restrictions on illegals is a fraud.