Gruber is the pinnacle of arrogant academic elitism. Were I the new Republican Chairman of nearly any committee that had ANYTHING to do with regulating, funding, oversight or operation of the PPACA system, I’d have his little ass hauled up before an intensive grilling on Capitol Hill.
At the same time, I would be having all my legal resources investigating the propriety and/or conflict of interests of having a government paid academic “providing independent review” of works for which he substantially contributed.
I would further order the GAO to investigate EVERY contract under which he received funding in the context of work done and submitted, and juxtaposed the administration’s citations of “his expertise” in independent review of efforts relating to PPACA.
We need to find a pic of him with his nose in the air Lois Lerner/Obama style.
Jonathan Gruber is THE poster boy for academic elitism and a cautionary tale for the ease with which "modeling"now substitutes for the truth (as with climate change).
I had a conversation with a PHD lefty who teaches at St Mary’s. In response to a comment about the way ACA was written to hide the truth he said
” while it may be true that there was an attempt to deceive the intent was to provide a better way for those who stay uninformed and less educated on the issue. Smart isn’t always popular”
I looked at him and said so ...your way is to keep the uninformed uninformed so that they will make the right choice ? Sounds a lot like Mao, Stalin, Lennin, Castro Pol Pot, the Ayatollah, and every other dictator. The snobbery is very strong in you.
There are countless other professors who are worse. My friend's self-described communist professor told my friend privately that he considered himself as "operating behind enemy lines." This was back in the '80s.
I just want to see if he lied to Congress even once. If so, off to the Graybar Hotel.