Boehner of the Day

[babylonsister]

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2011/1/6/131825/3801

Boehner of the Day

by BooMan
Thu Jan 6th, 2011 at 01:18:25 PM EST


Na, na, na...I can't hear you.

"I do not believe that repealing the job-killing health care law will increase the deficit," Boehner said. "CBO's entitled to their opinion, but they're locked within constraints of the 1974 Budget Act."

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is "entitled to their opinion" but there is no reason to believe they are right about anything. This is just the first salvo of bullshit. Anyone who knows what the CBO does, knows that they are an impartial observer that gives the best estimates of how much legislation will cost or save.

Naturally, it is possible for the CBO to be wrong, and their rigorous methodology can prevent them for accounting for indirect savings and costs in their estimates. They're not perfect. However, in a letter to Boehner (pdf) today they tell the Speaker that his repeal bill (H.R. 2) will cost $145 billion. There are no offsets in the bill, largely because the Republicans refuse to admit that the health reforms improved our fiscal condition.

We are entering the reality-free zone, where Congress operates no differently than the set of the Sean Hannity show. The GOP will cite the CBO whenever they like what they have to say. The rest of the time they'll tell us that the CBO are hacks just like all the climate scientists in the world.

[FSogol]

1. Why doesn't the "liberal media" ask what jobs are killed by health care reform?

:shrug:

[Champion Jack]

2. Yes why doesn't the media do their fucking job?

[upi402]

3. They are. It's just not journalism they're hired to do

It's propaganda and distraction.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. Too busy fucking up their jobs.

I know, it is a lame excuse, but damn, there is a serious lack of journalism coupled with a lack of serious journalism.

[bluethruandthru]

5. Yeah, I've never, ever heard anyone question any repub on that load of crap!

But, why should it be any different than it was with "death panels", "Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction", "Reagan brought down the Soviet Union", the "Dean Scream" or "Al Gore said he invented the internet"?

The media controls the message and the GOP controls the media.

[Motown_Johnny]

6. Do we get one of these every day?

Or was the title just a tease?

[flying rabbit]

7. Viagra in the house!

WOOT! :bounce:

[gateley]

8. jobkillinghealthcarelaw. It's one word now. nt

[VeryConfused]

9. There needs to be a message put out hitting him for playing fast and loose with the facts

[malaise]

10. Only ReTHUG interpretations are accepted - get accustomed.

I heard one of the Congressmen saying that RETHUGS believe in supply side economics. Well no one interested in facts buys that bullshit anymore - all the empirical evidence shows that it does not work unless your aim to to impoverish the middle and working classes.

[lunatica]

11. We are deep in the Era of Token And Empty Political Gestures

Lot's of noise and no results. as intended.