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Huff. Post's Stein ridicules "commotion" over CBO testimony as "judging a product in the fifth inning"

July 17, 2009 7:33 pm ET

From the July 17 edition of MSNBC's The Ed Show:

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Noonan falsely claimed CBO said health bill will harm the "economy" during recession

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    • Author by oscar the grouch (July 17, 2009 8:06 pm ET)
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      The same thing could be said about "defending" a product in the 5th inning also.
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    • Author by oscar the grouch (July 17, 2009 8:19 pm ET)
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      And the fifth inning score is very seldom the final score, so what will the final score be, seeing as how it has gone from $611 Billion to $1 Trillion in a couple of "innings"?
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      • Author by Barry Bonds (July 17, 2009 8:56 pm ET)
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        Who cares what the final score will be, as long as we get national health care?

        Anything less is literally uncivilized. When you look at national security vs health I'd say they are a tie. No one cares how much we spend treking the mountains of a far off land why would you care how much your health insurance is going to cost? At the end of the day you have a better quality of life and you have to pay for it. So what?
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        • Author by jjamele2880 (July 17, 2009 10:48 pm ET)
             
          Spot On. Not to mention, these are the same idiots who never asked how much the Iraqi War would cost- $100 billion? $1 trillion? Who cares? Get it done! - but when it comes to something like Universal Health Care, they want every dime accounted for, in advance- and if we have to raise taxes or go further into debt to pay for it, well, just forget it then, it's not worth it.

          Wait till the next war opportunity comes around though- we'll throw another $100 billion at it before we bother to ask "what country are we invading again?"
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        • Author by oscar the grouch (July 17, 2009 11:52 pm ET)
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          Seems to me what several here are saying is "I'll have a better quality of life, but someone else will pay for it." I would like to know what the real number of those that are uninsured that would like to be, not counting those that are not citizens of this country, but living in it. How many do not carry insurance for personal reasons? I know several people at my company that are not enrolled in an insurance plan, even though the Company picks up 100% of one of the options. How will my current insurance plan be impacted? How many are eligible for some type of government program already that have not enrolled? What will be the true cost and how will it be paid for? I've run rough numbers and I don't see a 3-5% surtax (which in reality is a 3-5 percentage point tax increase, more in the range of 10-12% surtax) on the wealthiest 1% will pay the bill. Some of us, looking at where Medicare and Social Security, plus the unfunded liabilities of government retirees, etc, are are concerned about what the final score might look like, not so much for ourselves as our children and grandchildren. I have empathy for those that are doing the very best they can and are still struggling, but I have no empathy for those that will pass on insurance just so they can drive the newest car or are not performing up to their abilities, because it is in some cases the easiest path to take. Their numbers may be few, but they are out among us.
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