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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: TimF who wrote (14442)3/12/2010 7:00:58 PM
From: Road Walker1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
Because

1 - They are optimistic not pessimistic.

2 - More importantly the bill is set up to score well by manipulating the rules of CBO scoring. Most egregiously by offsetting 6 years of spending with 10 years of taxes, but also by counting spending reductions that will likely be fully or partially restored in a separate bill.

3 - Projections of large government health care program costs have almost always been way too low.

4 - Even in the very unlikely event that the bill doesn't add a lot to future deficits. Deficit neutrality (or even a slight reduction of deficits) is not enough to make the bill fiscally responsible.

So says you. Without backup.
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