Posted on 11/16/2014 8:39:14 AM PST by Rusty0604
President Barack Obama addressed MIT economist Jonathan Gruber’s comments for the first time on Sunday.
“The fact that an adviser who was never on our staff expressed an opinion that I completely disagree with in terms of the voters is not a reflection on the actual process that was run,” Obama said at a press conference in Australia, Politico reports.
In an interview with PBS in 2012, Gruber said he discussed the Cadillac tax with Obama at the White House.
As Slate’s John Dickerson reported on Friday, Obama prominently acknowledged Gruber’s role in helping craft the law in the past.
Gruber’s role was further explicated by a former adviser to Kathleen Sebelius, the former secretary of Health and Human Services.
“I remember many a call to Jonathan Gruber about his expertise in Massachusetts as we were formulating the plan,” said Neera Tanden, who is currently the president of the Center for American Progress, in 2012.
Asked Sunday if he misled the public in order to get the federal health care bill passed, Obama said “No. I did not.”
“I would just advise every press outlet here: Pull up every clip and every story. I think it’s fair to say there was not a provision in the health care law that was not extensively debated and was fully transparent,” Obama said, according to Politico. “It was a tough debate.”
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The reporters need to starting laughing at him when he uncorks this kind of glarb.
Never on your staff... howcome you paid him
400k?
>>“I would just advise every press outlet here: Pull up every clip and every story. I think it’s fair to say there was not a provision in the health care law that was not extensively debated and was fully transparent,” Obama said, according to Politico. “It was a tough debate.”
We have. They’re all Gruber saying you hid stuff in order to pass the law.
Liar-in-Chief.
Bammy the Grubenator.
Didn’t Pelosi say they had to pass it to see what’s in it? Like a stool sample?
Bammy the Grubernator.
Chronic liar at the helm. Chronic liars below decks. Chronic liars in the press lounge.
POINTS TO PONDER: (1) WH sign-in sheets show Gruber went there at least nineteen times. (2) Gruber, himself, talked about Obama being in the room when the Cadillac tax was invented. (3) Based on his Obamacare experiences, Gruber took tax dollars from several states to set up Obamacare exchanges....and earned millions of dollars doing so. (4) Nancy Pelosi is on-tape citing Gruber as a source. (5) Gruber was there when Hillarycare was developed. (6) Another Gruber confession involved a conspiracy w/ Teddy Kennedy to rip-off Medicare to finance Romneycare.
Once a liar; always a lair. Case closed.
What debate, what transparency? You were going to post the text, then didn’t do it.
No one knew what was initial.
But if Gruber was NOT the Obamacare architect---then Gruber took money under false pretenses and should be prosecuted for govt fraud. He took tax dollars from the feds and state govts "posing" as an expert.
TAXPAYERS DEMAND CONGRESS GET ANSWERS WRT GRUBER'S CASHING-IN ON THE BACKS OF "STUPID" TAXPAYERS
Four U.S. states and the federal government (read taxpayers) have padded Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber's wallet to the tune of $5.9 million since 2000, including millions connected to his work on the Affordable Care Act.
We need investigations---to see how our tax dollars changed hands---and landed into Gruber's pockets. The disdainful, preening Gruber was paid tax dollars to spin his web of lies...and to reiterate his contempt for taxpayers who are footing the bills.
Even more disturbing is the massive, multi-billion-dollar slush fund the self-serving Gruber hid from "stupid" Americans in Obamacare. Gruber made dam sure it was kept hidden from us stupid taxpayers.
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The Untraceable $8 Billion ObamaCare PR Budget---truly govt fraud at its finest. Egged on by Pelosi, Democrats slavishly voted for Obamacare by an historic straignt-party line vote. But not one Democrat told Americans about Obamacare's Section 4002---which mandates an $8B untraceable fund to "promote" Obamacare (apparently b/c Boobamba had so little confidence in his signature legislation).
THE PAYOFF--WHO GETS THE MONEY? In 2010 Taxpayers are extorted $500 million, in 2011, $750 million, 2012, $1 billion, 2013, $1.25 billion, 2014, $1.5 billion, and, in 2015 and on, $2 billion
<><> Where is all that money going?
<><> Was cashing-in the incentive in getting the thing passed.
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Taxpayers demand to know ---- why Gruber/Obama/Pelosi didnt reveal that Obamacare contains a multi-billion dollar slush fund?
Exactly who is cashing in?
The sound of wire-transfers to offshore banks is almost palbable.
S/B ... No one knew what was in it.
Only the stupid ones.
Never heard of him, huh? So I guess that 400k you paid him—he just found that in a box of Cracker Jacks?
ObaMao is nothing more than a walking, breathing lie.
Lies in furtherance of the revolution are not lies.
IMHO
“I think it’s fair to say there was not a provision in the health care law that was not extensively debated and was fully transparent,”
How could he possibly keep a straight face saying that?
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