One of my previous health care posts was entitled, “Quit Talking Stupid”, but I should have stopped at “Quit Talking”.  This week, the Senate will vote on a new Health Care Bill that redefines stupid.  

 

The “cost” of this bill is scored by the Congressional Budget Office at $849 billion, and CBO estimates it would reduce the deficit by $130 billion.  That is stupid squared.

 

Let’s give just one minute of thought to those two statements.  The CBO number is a net number; that is, all of the new costs less all six of its new taxes = $849 billion of net additional government spending.  That increases the deficit by, duh, $849 billion.

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