Armed Polite Society

Main Forums => Politics => Topic started by: Ben on March 03, 2012, 07:05:25 AM

Title: Obamacare - A Budget Technicality
Post by: Ben on March 03, 2012, 07:05:25 AM

So I'm reading this article on Obamacare being $111 billion over budget already, and then come to this line:

Quote

Administration officials say the explanation lies in budget technicalities and that there are no significant changes in the program.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/03/02/lawmaker-wants-answers-after-cost-estimate-for-health-insurance-aid-rises-by/?test=latestnews#ixzz1o3Rh0Ubr

Apparently $111 billion is some kind of "rounding error" these days...

Title: Re: Obamacare - A Budget Technicality
Post by: TechMan on March 03, 2012, 07:49:40 AM

Well they could just round 1 billion of the 111 billion my way.

Title: Re: Obamacare - A Budget Technicality
Post by: Perd Hapley on March 03, 2012, 07:52:48 AM

$111 billion here, $111 billion there; pretty soon you're talking about real money.

Title: Re: Obamacare - A Budget Technicality
Post by: Blakenzy on March 03, 2012, 08:02:46 AM

Quote

Well they could just round 1 billion of the 111 billion my way.

Yeah, 1 Billion in taxes is going to be coming your way.

Title: Re: Obamacare - A Budget Technicality
Post by: TechMan on March 03, 2012, 11:30:43 AM

Quote from: Blakenzy on March 03, 2012, 08:02:46 AM

Yeah, 1 Billion in taxes is going to be coming your way.

 :P

Title: Re: Obamacare - A Budget Technicality
Post by: MechAg94 on March 03, 2012, 05:23:17 PM

Did they pass a budget?  I must have missed that.

Title: Re: Obamacare - A Budget Technicality
Post by: Hutch on March 03, 2012, 05:54:44 PM

We're so screwed...

Title: Re: Obamacare - A Budget Technicality
Post by: Jamie B on March 03, 2012, 09:15:27 PM

Quote from: Hutch on March 03, 2012, 05:54:44 PM

We're so screwed...

We have been screwed for a long time. It's not just this.