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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster

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To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (26321)2/18/2010 7:46:40 AM
From: GROUND ZERO™2 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) of 103300
 
THE PHONY PRICE TAG...

Legislators have a lousy track record of keeping costs anywhere near their initial projections.

Congress says that the health care package it passed at the end of 2009 will cost roughly $900 billion over 10 years—and will somehow end up saving taxpayers money in the long run. If you think that sounds unlikely, you’re right.

With the federal government, massive cost overruns are the rule, not the exception.


Read the entire article below:

reason.com

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