Gruber purposely misled and confused the CBO and the American people for this thing to pass. Period.
He should be fired by MIT, promptly.
Here’s the author’s defense of Gruber:
Gruber is merely pointing out that supporters of the law took pains to design its mandate so that the Congressional Budget Office would not define it as a tax. At worst, this was spin. At best, this a perfectly accurate way to sell the individual mandate — as a fine on free-riding behavior, like parking without feeding the meter, as opposed to a levy designed mainly for revenue.
” He should be fired by MIT, promptly.”
I guess you are not familiar with Cambridge, Mass. They are still trying to impeach Nixon, posthumously : )