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UPDATE:

http://www.nypostonline.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/the_senate_reform_fraud_PVp3TSIkA1O5pB9mY4W2aJ

“The Senate reform fraud”
By JEFFREY A. ANDERSON
Last Updated: 2:51 AM, October 14, 2009
Posted: 2:31 AM, October 14, 2009

SNIPPET: “In its second decade alone, the CBO projects, the bill’s costs would triple — to $2.8 trillion. The taxes and fines it levies would also triple — to $1.8 trillion. And its cuts to Medicare and related federal health programs would quadruple — to $1.9 trillion.

In its first two decades combined, the bill would cost $3.6 trillion and would raise taxes by $2.3 trillion.”

SNIPPET: “Furthermore, the CBO projects that, by the end of 2030, the Baucus bill would have cut spending on Medicare and other existing health programs by more than $2.6 trillion.”


286 posted on 10/14/2009 2:18:45 AM PDT by Cindy
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Trillions, Trillions and More Trillions...


287 posted on 10/14/2009 2:19:20 AM PDT by Cindy
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