Posted on 12/11/2014 4:05:21 AM PST by tobyhill
Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber lied to Congress when he said that he did not write Obamacare.
Gruber said in a heated exchange with Wisconsin Republican Rep. Cynthia Lummis at Tuesday morning’s Oversight hearing that he did not write Obamacare.
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You are learned on Free Republic dogma but there is no basis for your claim. It can’t be proven because it is wrong
Not following. Are you saying the Republican led house has not ever voted to fund Obamacare?
Perjury? Dude, he’s a lib; the laws don’t apply to them.
But as far as the lies, that is what libs do. He probably lied before breakfast.
Gruber is the most relevant part of King vs. Burwell. Nowhere in the law does it claim subsidies are for the Federal Exchange and quite the contrary, it was designed that way to punish states that don’t setup exchanges.
Besides Gruber’s admissions, the law also never states FPL or Federal Poverty Line, it states a percentage of the poverty line. If they meant the subsidies were for the Federal Exchange then they would have specifically used the model for the FPL and Gruber knew that.
Rep Cynthia Lummis is Representative of Wyoming not Wisconsin
Well, I agree that legislative history is the most relevant part of King v. Burwell, and some of Gruber's remarks (if they are in evidence) supports the plaintiff's case.
But there is abundant OTHER evidence of legislative intent. IIRC, in fact, Baucus and Ben Nelson were both quite clear that they would not vote for a bill with Federal exchanges.
There is no accountability in DC. Nothing will happen to anybody.
I have a feeling he’s gonna be REEEEEEAL popular in prison...
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2013/11/educator_heal_thyself.html#ixzz3IyCGlksB
But, unfortunately, that wouldn’t neatly align with his sociological credo. Jonathan Gruber is the son of the New York University Stern Finance Professor (Emeritus) Martin J. Gruber, who received his Ph.D. from Columbia, and was once Director of the National Bureau of Economic Research. That’s equivalent to a winning genetic lottery ticket, isn’t it?
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NBER Full Author/Title Search Results for ‘jonathan gruber’
http://conference.nber.org/board.html
Directors by Appointment of Other Organizations
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Martin J. Gruber, American Finance Association
http://www.nber.org/FY2013FinancialsSummary.pdf
National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. Summary Statements for the Fiscal Year ended June 30th, 2013
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NET ASSETS, end of year $101,723,584
Headline over small article on page 10 of Mercury News yesterday: “GOP Grills ‘Arrogant’ Economist.”
Front page? TORTURE, TORTURE, TORTURE!!!
...when the vote is symbolic...and they can hide behind the assurance that there is zero chance of their repeal vote being enacted into law.
Makes your blood boil, huh?
Wrong.
The Senate finance committee hearing, live on cspan and recorded for posterity, makes the prima facie case.
I’ve been saying for months that this joker is a distraction. He’s the sacrificial lamb. Focus on actual legislators.
It all depends on what the definition of “lie” is...
That was the entire gist of the excuse he used in testimony - that he lied to his audience to elevate his perceived stature.
These days you can lie all you want to congress as long as you are doing it to protect someone in government. They guy has nothing to worry about.
When was the dad at Columbia? Who does he have ties with?
Academic Background
Bio:
http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/martin-gruber
Ph.D., Finance and Economics, 1965
Columbia University
M.B.A., Production Management, 1961
Columbia University
S.B., Chemical Engineering, 1959
MIT
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