As has become routine with this administration's relentlessly backwards Orwellian doublespeak, the moment Obama claims that his proposals will in any way benefit America, the independent Congressional Budget Office immediately emerges to reveal how it will actually just decimate our economy for decades to come, destroy what it is trying to fix, and needlessly bury this country under unprecedented, insurmountable debt.
This has happened with Cap-and-Trade, Pay-as-You-Go, and even the porkulus constituent-payoff scam. And now it is happening with health care.
The primary excuse this administration offers for unconstitutionally attacking the one industry left that isn't failing us is that it will stop the skyrocketing costs of health care to the federal government (that is, after we borrow another trillion dollars to "fix" it).
But right on cue, the CBO has come out with more of those pesky, stubborn facts...
From the Associated Press:
CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf said of the legislation so far, "We do not see the sort of fundamental changes that would be necessary to reduce the trajectory of federal health spending by a significant amount. And on the contrary, the legislation significantly expands the federal responsibility for health care costs."Continues here.
Once again, everything we are being told is exactly the opposite of the truth.
If these people actually want to stem the tide of health care costs and make health care more accessible, history and common sense indicate that it would be better served by reversing course immediately (see Canada, Great Britain, etc.).
Actual solutions would be more like simplifying the tax code or getting Democrats to start caring enough about the people they claim to represent (more than their trial lawyer base) to stop blocking any and all reforms against the frivolous lawsuits that are dramatically driving up costs.
