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To: tejek who wrote (557179)	3/26/2010 6:21:37 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571216

Ted, > The numbers came from the CBO, a non partisan group. Doesn't mean jack. The Democrats authored the bill to make the CBO numbers look better than reality. It's a HUGE separation between the letter of the law and the spirit of the law. Meanwhile, Obama made this spectacular claim at a political rally: whitehouse.gov > Now, so let me talk about the third thing, which is my proposal would bring down the cost of health care for families, for businesses, and for the federal government. So Americans buying comparable coverage to what they have today -- I already said this -- would see premiums fall by 14 to 20 percent -- that’s not my numbers, that’s what the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says -- for Americans who get their insurance through the workplace. How many people are getting insurance through their jobs right now? Raise your hands. All right. Well, a lot of those folks, your employer it’s estimated would see premiums fall by as much as 3,000 percent [sic], which means they could give you a raise. (Applause.) That's a bald-faced lie. Not only that, but a man from Harvard should not make stupid math mistakes like that. Tenchusatsu