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To: Alighieri who wrote (647934)	3/14/2012 1:03:51 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1577006

See, Ten, I told you. Al doesn't get it. Anytime you measure revenue or expense you have to consider the period during which it occur; a failure to observe this principle opens the door to broad manipulation of financial data, which is what was done in these articles. One of the fundamental principles of accounting you learn in Chapter 1 of the most basic accounting course. He's blind to it. Because he wants to be.

To: Alighieri who wrote (647934)	3/14/2012 1:44:13 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577006

Al, let me make is pure and simple for you. Obama promised that health care costs and the deficit would be reduced with the passage of ObamaCare. Are you seeing any indication of that whatsoever? Numbers are easiily manipulated, particularly by legislators using the CBO as a propaganda arm. You can decide for yourself whether ObamaCare is actually succeeding in its goals (and whether the problem is that it's too much or not enough ObamaCare) ... Tenchusatsu