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Obamacare architect blasted for ‘deliberate deception’
Boston Herald ^ | 11/11/2014 | Richard Weir

Posted on 11/11/2014 11:49:29 AM PST by jonatron

“This bill was written in a tortured way to make sure CBO (Congressional Budget Office) did not score the mandate as taxes. If CBO scored the mandate as taxes, the bill dies. … So it’s written to do that,” Gruber said, suggesting “it would not have passed” if the law “made it explicit” that healthy people would “pay in” and the sick would get money.

“Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage,” Gruber continued. “Call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever, but basically that was really, really critical to get the thing to pass. I wish ... we could make it all transparent. But I’d rather have this law than not.”

Gruber, when reached by phone yesterday, said repeatedly, “I have no comment.”

(Excerpt) Read more at bostonherald.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: baitandswitch; california; cbo; cultureofcorruption; democratscandals; gruber; huac; husseins; jonathangruber; liedtocongress; liedtosupremecourt; mit; nancypelosi; obamacare; obamalied; obamascandals; obamunism; stalinisttactics; thebiglie; unaffordablecareact; usefulidiots; youcankeepitgate
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To: Dqban22

Try telling that to people around here. A lot of people don’t like to hear that.

Nevertheless, the solution isn’t to rub their nose in it. It is for those of us who recognize the folly of coercive big-government socialism to explicitly re-educate and broadcast the alternative: drastically cutting the unconstitutional $,000,000,000,000 federal government and thus promoting freedom from government and the voluntary free market economy which is freedom in action.


41 posted on 11/11/2014 6:59:51 PM PST by PapaNew (The grace of God & freedom always win the debate in the forum of ideas over unjust law & government)
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To: jonatron

This guy is in DESPERATE need of a .308 to the head.

Would that be too fast?


42 posted on 11/11/2014 7:33:19 PM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: jonatron

I thought Jan Schakowsky’s husband, Richard Creamer, wrote the basis for ObummerCare while serving time for bank fraud. Jan is the far left loon from IL.

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2010/10/why_doesnt_everyone_know_jan_s.html


43 posted on 11/11/2014 8:03:16 PM PST by Bluebeard16
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To: jonatron
Gruber, when reached by phone yesterday, said repeatedly, “I have no comment.”...but professor, you're a professor - we count on you to educate us, to enlighten us, the stupid American voters, as to how an economist from MIT can be so ignorant....
44 posted on 11/11/2014 9:31:13 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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To: jonatron

I hope this guy is found swinging by his neck from a lamp post; tarred and feathered of course.


45 posted on 11/11/2014 9:37:43 PM PST by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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To: Dqban22
40 ... Perfect Quote ...

I agree with the content of the "perfect quote" and did a startpage.com search on it to verify it. I was unsuccessful. Politifact.com, truthorfiction.com, and snopes.com all wrote that they could not verify the authenticity of any source other than an e-mail circulating through the ether.

46 posted on 11/12/2014 12:40:49 AM PST by MacNaughton (" If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." POTUS#16 ALincoln)
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To: jonatron

save for later


47 posted on 11/12/2014 4:54:42 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Islamophobia;The Irrational Fear Of Being Beheaded)
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To: PapaNew
If you study the whole history of Marxism, Socialism, and Obama, his campaign and performance, it’s all based on lies and deception.

Stalinists lie. ALWAYS

48 posted on 11/12/2014 6:44:50 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
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To: eCSMaster

The “hot tar” thing is a myth. They used pine tar back then, not roofing tar/asphalt like most people nowadays think of. You don’t need to heat pine tar very much.


49 posted on 11/12/2014 6:54:13 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: jonatron

Blasted? Just blasted? This is grounds for immediate repeal.


50 posted on 11/12/2014 6:56:47 AM PST by jersey117 (sams.)
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To: jonatron

You Tube link to Gruber bragging about lying to America about ObozoCare.

GRUBER: “Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G790p0LcgbI


51 posted on 11/12/2014 8:05:27 AM PST by Grampa Dave (The Democrats, who run America are too old, too rich, and too very/very white elitist losers!.)
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To: navyguy
"This story is NOWHERE on MSNBC.com, CBSNEWS.com, or ABCNEWS.com. I just checked. Total blackout.

Progressives are the most dishonest, lying hacks I’ve ever seen."

If the super rich elite and old white rats didn’t own and control ABCNNBCBS and the NY and LA Slimes, the Compost and other fish wraps, the Rat party would died a long time ago.


52 posted on 11/12/2014 8:08:55 AM PST by Grampa Dave (The Democrats, who run America are too old, too rich, and too very/very white elitist losers!.)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

MSM.....................NOTHING.


53 posted on 11/12/2014 11:09:39 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens.)
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To: PghBaldy

Wow!

Check out the comments below the article. I’m surprised msnbc is allowing them to stay up. Not one commenter has tried to defend Obamacare or Gruber.


54 posted on 11/12/2014 1:00:45 PM PST by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: SteveH

Great Post and good idea!


55 posted on 11/13/2014 7:13:18 AM PST by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid)
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