Posted on 07/21/2009 12:46:01 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Barack Obama disclosed an unusual meeting with the CBO, presumably its director Doug Elmendorf, in his Today Show appearance this morning with Meredith Viera. The relevant clip comes at the three-minute mark, where Viera challenges Obama on the CBO scoring of the health-care reform bills:
OBAMA: And so, what we’ve got to do, is to bend the cost curve over the long term. And we’ve put forward a whole series of proposals to do that, and the Congressional Budget Office and every health care expert have looked at many of our proposals, and they’ve said, “You know, this has a good chance of working.” Not all of them have been adopted by Congress yet –
VIERA: But — not to beat a dead horse here, but again, the Congressional Budget Office is looking at those bills that are out there, and they’re saying they do not contain costs. Any one of those bills, would you sign them, based on what you see?
OBAMA: Right now, they’re not where they need to be. But I promise you, I just met with the Congressional Budget Office today, so I know exactly what they’re saying. And what they’re saying is, is that the cost savings that are in those bills right now, some of them may actually work, but they’re not enough to offset the additional costs of bringing in 46 million new people to provide.
Why is this important? The CBO exists to keep a check on the executive branch.
The “Congressional” part of CBO is no accident. Congress created the CBO as a means to provide oversight over the White House and its use of the budget and its fiscal projections:
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
More lies from the Liar in Chief...
My guess- zerO was trying the jedi mind trick on CBO chief Elmendorf ....
“Pay no attention to those costs, 20 years from now we’ll save money ...”
He was just telling the CBO what they think.
Leave the budget. Take the cannolis.
this imposter in a suit does EVERYTHING for himself...it’s all about HIM.... if you ever ask a reason for why he does things.... the answer is “Because it’s all about the obamanation”. what a joke!!
Probably to say something like: “Nice place you have here. It’s be a shame if something happened to it...”
I”m surprised that FUHRER hasn’t FIRED Elmendorf yet!
Take Luca Brazzi, make him an offer he can’t refuse.
“In five minutes, either your brains or your signature is going to be on those budget estimates.”
My guess is Obama wanted to personally deliver a message to the head of the CBO, reminding the CBO head that Obama controls the IRS and can have him dispatched at a moment’s notice.
Any bets that the “new and improved” CBO report is now being rewritten and revised?
what they’re saying is, is that the cost savings that are in those bills right now, some of them may actually work,
So this is a big experiment? May or may not work? Whoa!
>> OBAMA: And so, what we’ve got to do, is to bend the cost curve over ...
Who knew? Bambi’s pet nickname for taxpayers is “cost curve”!
Of course, it’s no secret that he wants to “bend us over”...
"What we have here is a failure to communicate."
WTF is this “bend the cost curve” business? Maybe I’m being an imbecile, but I wasn’t familiar with that term a week or so ago, and now it’s all the rage when handing out the Dem talking points....
It sounds like “Cook the books.”
He probably stopped at Elmendorf’s office to deliver a fish.
Cook the books, or else.
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