Only you could find good news in a $460 billion increase Still makes it a lie doesn't it?
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > It might also be worth mentioning the further cherry picking of the numbers: > > Gross costs (of just the insurance provisions) have gone up from 940 > billion (10 years from 2010) to 1,760 billion (10 years from 2012) but > Net costs (of just the insurance provisions) have gone up from 790 > billion to 1,250 billion. So even while the gross costs in the > forecast have gone up by 820 billion, the net has only gone up by 460 > billion. (I rounded to the nearest 10 billion as did Republicans, > presumably for easier math). > > That's some serious cherry picking by Republicans. > > If people are interested in the original CBO estimate from 2010 (where > I got the above numbers): > http://cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/03-13-Coverage%20Estimates.pdf > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348822 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
