Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber has billed governments $5.9 million

Dailymail ^ | Nov 14, 2014 | David Martosko

[Trillian]

What about us brain-dead slobs?
You’ll be given cushy jobs.
Were you sent here by the Devil?
No, good sir, I’m on the level.

[cynwoody]

The Gruber Microsimulation Model is real “science.” It will go down in history with the Orgone Energy Accumulator, also a product of “science.” Goober collected millions, but he was not greedy. Only capitalists can be greedy.

Long ago, I learned that there is no bigger capitalist than a freak with something to sell.

[Jacquerie]

Cato started his letters to the editors over the South Sea Bubble. It was the 18th century equivalent of the Barney Fwank/Chris Dodd Housing bubble of the mid-2000s.

In both, government officials made enormous money at public expense. In both, all government officials got off scott free with their high, non-statutory crimes.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Your math might not work. You multiplied his earnings by 1000 times. The article said 5.9 million, you rounded off to 6 billion.

Check again.

I multiplied his hourly rate--his earnings in dollars per hour--by the number of hours it would take to match the total.

1000 times 6000 is definitely six million, even in the cold hard light of day and before my first cup of coffee. 6 million is close enough to 5.9 million--at least close enough for government work.

I don't know where the billion you mention came from, whether it's your typo in this comment, or I missed a letter somewhere in my post.

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15 posted on 11/16/2014 6:36:22 AM PST by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)

[entropy12]

LMAO sad but true!

[timestax]

Will NBC continue to Sit on it ?

[entropy12]

Gruber’s own words “Yeah I know voters are stupid” paraphrasing.

He was very well aware what the purpose of his assignment was...to come with a health insurance scheme to deceive voters.

I know he was not running for a office, but he was helping Obummer get re-elected. So it is a conspiracy and both are guilty.

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