On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > The CBO numbers aren't cooked. They are based on the bill as written. > However, I agree with critics who say that some things that are in > there, like decreases in Medicare payments in future years, as > unlikely to go through in reality as it is written in the bill. On > the other hand, fully 50% of the deficit reduction is accounted for by > payroll taxes on income above 200K a year. I suspect that those will > stay in place and so I would conclude that we won't likely see the 1.3 > trillion deficit reduction the CBO scored but I do believe that we > will see a deficit reduction of some scale.
The CBO was asked to score it on ten years while we collect taxes for four years before the plan even starts. That's what I mean by cooking the numbers. A real analysis would be 10 years from when it started. They also count the medicare cuts and we all know there won't be any cuts. >> Many reasons, I never had insurance until I was nearly 40. Always took >> excellent care of myself. Many people uninsured have enough money to >> cover any medical expense so don't need it. The main group to worry >> about is the unemployed. Their numbers will increase because of this >> bill and this bill does nothing for them except forcing them to pay a >> fine they can't afford to pay. People will lose their homes. > > I do not believe in any way, shape or form that unemployment will > increase as a result of the passage of this bill. American business > has been shown to be at a competitive disadvantage owing to health > care costs. A decrease in health insurance rate climbs coupled with a > workforce that will receive more routine preventative care will > increase the productivity and profitability of the US. Small business will need to provide insurance or be fined. Even for part timers. > Medical bankruptcies are a huge problem in America. People are not > going to lose their homes because we are helping prevent those. You missed my point. I you are unemployed for an extended time, collecting $400 a week, you will not be able to afford health care so you will have to pay a fine and not have coverage. That fine will be just enough for most to bankrupt them. > Hey, I wanted a more active program that started sooner too. The > delays in everything was concession to Republicans who then still > didn't vote for it. That's like bitching the guy wouldn't buy your Toyota even though you Armor Alled the tires ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:313692 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
