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Obamacare - A Budget Technicality
« 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:

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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...
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Re: Obamacare - A Budget Technicality
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2012, 07:49:40 AM »
Well they could just round 1 billion of the 111 billion my way.
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Re: Obamacare - A Budget Technicality
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2012, 07:52:48 AM »
$111 billion here, $111 billion there; pretty soon you're talking about real money.

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Re: Obamacare - A Budget Technicality
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2012, 08:02:46 AM »
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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.
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Re: Obamacare - A Budget Technicality
« Reply #4 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.

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Re: Obamacare - A Budget Technicality
« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2012, 05:23:17 PM »
Did they pass a budget?  I must have missed that.
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Re: Obamacare - A Budget Technicality
« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2012, 05:54:44 PM »
We're so screwed...
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Re: Obamacare - A Budget Technicality
« Reply #7 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.
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