Nobrainer’s Think Tank

From Michael Tanner of Cato via CoyoteBlog:

When the Senate Finance Committee released CBO scoring of its health care reform proposal last week, we warned that its claim of reducing future budget deficits was achieved only through dishonestly assuming that Congress will implement a 21% reduction in Medicare payments that is scheduled under current law. We pointed out that Congress has been supposed to make those reductions since 2003, and never has. Now—surprise, surprise—Democrats have introduced a bill to eliminate the scheduled cut, at a cost of $247 billion. But Democrats cleverly are putting the new spending in a separate bill, so it won’t change scoring of health care reform. Have they no shame?

This, according to Coyote, is just the first of three parts of how the Democrats are trying to make reform look like a money saver. The 2nd part is shift costs to the states. And the third part is to collect 10 years of extra taxes for 7 years of benefits.

I’m getting sick of his “everything is on the table [except for all the things that aren't].” Of course what he actually said, this time, was [emphasis mine]:

“We’re going to continue to explore each and every avenue that I can think of that will lead to job creation and economic growth,” he said while standing with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and four construction workers wearing hard hats.

Here’s a tip for Mr. Super Genius Nobel Peace Prizing President Obama: explore ideas that other people have thought of you pompous ass!

Outside of that, let me thank the people of the country. Thank you for sending your money to people like me.

Obama spoke from the top of a large mound of dirt and gravel, the site of a highway construction project in the Virginia suburbs outside Washington. He chose the site of the Fairfax County Parkway Extension project to feature the progress of the stimulus package passed earlier this year.

The project is the state’s largest stimulus-funded project. When completed, it will connect both ends of Fairfax County.

Thank you, America for sending money to my county, Fairfax, VA, one of the wealthiest counties in the country, so that we can build more roads for ourselves with your money. According to Forbes last year, Fairfax county had the highest median income of any county in the country. And that’s where Mr. Greatness Obama thought it was a good idea to show off how stimulus money was being spent. Seriously, he traveled all the way across the river to the fucking DC suburbs to show off how well he’s spending America’s money on America’s rich by “creating jobs” where the unemployment rate is only 4.5% Fucking dolt!

PS – Don’t get too mad at me, Obama, I did check my tire pressures this week. So now we can call off that whole global warming deal.

The more entertained I am by Monday Night Football.

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Obama wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.