I would like to discuss two aspects of the whole
Gruber controversy that I think are being missed.
- The following is a transcript from the video of Gruber that started the controversy:
“This bill [Obamacare] was written in a
tortured way to make sure CBO did not score the mandate as taxes. If
[Congressional Budget Office] scored the mandate as taxes, the bill dies. Okay,
so it’s written to do that. In terms of risk-rated subsidies, if you had a law
which said that healthy people are going to pay in -– you made explicit that
healthy people pay in and sick people get money — it would not have passed… Lack
of transparency is a huge political advantage. And basically, call it the
stupidity of the American voter, or whatever, but basically that was really,
really critical for the thing to pass." [Emphasis added.]
Who is Gruber calling stupid
in the last line of this quote? Generally, Obamacare was never popular among
Republicans across the country and not a single Republican voted for it in
Congress. So who was stupid enough to be duped by Obama and his cohorts? He
must be talking about Democrats! Gruber is calling Democrats stupid.
- The following is a transcript of Obama’s answer when asked about Gruber and if Obama mislead Americans to get the bill passed:
“No, I did not. I just heard
about this. I get well-briefed before I come out here. The fact that some
adviser who never worked on our staff expressed an opinion that I completely
disagree with in terms of the voters, is no reflection on the actual
process that was run." [Emphasis added.]
So Obama claims he disagrees
with the part about Americans being stupid. What about the rest of what Gruber
said!?
After all the damage this president and his
administration have caused, the Democrats I talk to
still support him. Maybe Gruber is right after all.
