And on top of these "savings" the health bill will increase taxes for the next 4 years but the actual health care implementation will not put anyone on insurance rolls until those 4 years have gone by. They have to build up a surplus first.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Publius Maximus" <[email protected]> To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 1:38 PM Subject: [OT] It's Deficit Neutral! (not counting $300 bln.) > http://bit.ly/7RyPF7 > > - - - > Republicans, emboldened by a new letter from the Congressional Budget > Office, accused Democrats on Wednesday of "Bernie Madoff accounting" > for double counting the savings from Medicare as a means to pay for > the Senate health care bill. > > As the Senate prepares for a crucial vote before final passage of a > massive overhaul bill that Democrats argue will reduce the deficit by > $132 billion over 10 years, Sen. Jeff Sesssions, R-Ala, said the > nearly $500 billion in cuts to Medicare actually will add $300 billion > to the deficit > > "The real score on this legislation is that it would cause the deficit > to increase, and not be a surplus as the president has promised," > Sessions told Fox News. "And a lot members of our Congress have said I > won't vote for this bill unless it's deficit neutral. It's not deficit > neutral. It will add to the debt. That's clear today." > > Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., added, "This is Bernie Madoff accounting and > it's an outrage." > - - - > > What's a few hundred billion dollars among friends? > > - Publius > > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/111df838c2d049efb2411085a1dec...@dual ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
