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By: CBO: Stimulus hurts economy in the long run - Page 11

CBO: Stimulus hurts economy in the long run - Page 11 — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:43:41 +0000

[...] estimates start with 2010, so that they actually include costs for seven program years. Read more: Congressional Budget Office consistently wrong on health-care estimates | The Daily Caller So that CBO is now coming back after the fact and saying 'ooops, sorry, we got it wrong' is [...]

By: Media In Politics » Blog Archive » Health Care Cost Estimates Challenged, But Media Skip Criticism of ‘Non-Partisan’ Agency

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:44:08 +0000

[...] (and other) estimates in the past. The true cost of Medicaid DSH payments in 1992 was $17 billion, 17 times greater than the $1 billion it was estimated to cost by the CBO in 1987, The Daily Caller [...]

By: More Democrats break with Obama on tax cuts

More Democrats break with Obama on tax cuts — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 13:54:18 +0000

[...] with CBO’s estimates. Some have to do with the games Congress itself plays with numbers. Congressional Budget Office consistently wrong on health-care estimates | The Daily Caller – Breakin… The CBO is like a computer…Garbage in, garbage out. j-mac Concentrated power has always [...]

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Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:41:27 +0000

[...] – washingtonpost.com Problems With the CBO Healthcare Reform Scoring – Peter Roff (usnews.com) Congressional Budget Office consistently wrong on health-care estimates | The Daily Caller – Breakin… New health care bill pros and cons: Will it cut costs? / The Christian Science Monitor – [...]

By: Can You Imagine if the CBO is THIS Inaccurate Again? « Nostra Sponte

Can You Imagine if the CBO is THIS Inaccurate Again? « Nostra Sponte — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:37:32 +0000

[...] You Imagine if the CBO is THIS Inaccurate Again? In Health Care on March 19, 2010 at 12:37 pm In the case of Medicaid DSH — a program that reimburses states for payments to hospitals that treat Medicaid and uninsured [...]

By: theneighborhoodguy

theneighborhoodguy — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:36:42 +0000

…so tell me how has California benefited from this pure gold…is no one listening to them…or are they given pie in the sky numbers to work with, as well?

By: theneighborhoodguy

theneighborhoodguy — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:30:03 +0000

What would the relative accuracy of the best lies be? If the CBO is given false and misleading numbers, it stands to reason that 4 could actually equal 7?

By: theneighborhoodguy

theneighborhoodguy — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:25:06 +0000

Day after St. Patrick’s Day, Tahoeeditor…I guess…is anyone at DC proofing this stuff? Go after some of that stimulus money and get a couple of grad students from a J school…sheeesh…I just had to whip off a rant to Alex Pappas for a horrible job on the Ross Perot story…

By: thebigodoopedu2

thebigodoopedu2 — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:36:40 +0000

And you can *Toss* it out too… LOL blurp!

By: thebigodoopedu2

thebigodoopedu2 — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:35:07 +0000

There is a reason everyone is needing to be harrassed and badgered and bribed to vote on this…When this many people have a gut feeling this is bad..it most likely is bad..If looks like it stinks and smells like it stinks..through it out it’s rotten..didn’t your mother ever tell you anything?

By: thebigodoopedu2

thebigodoopedu2 — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:31:32 +0000

The problems is, you missed the comment the CBO made in regard to all their effort and every calculation they have made is subject to “IF” medicare reform/cuts work. “IF” cutting billions from medicare and adding 30 million more on it’s free ride list works..the numbers are all subject this outrages attack on our elderly and disabled and if this inhumane act works in cutting costs. I hate to inform you but Medicare isn’t working now. It does not meet the needs of those that are on it NOW..How can this hatchet style health care scheme ever cause anything but trouble?

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Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:24:00 +0000

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By: tahoeeditor

tahoeeditor — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:18:14 +0000

“a $848 billion” should be “an”

By: Webster Jorgensen

Webster Jorgensen — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:47:18 +0000

Yes Peter Buxbaum, the costs DO increase over time, but so do the savings. See that’s how budgets work. You take the savings (or increased revenue) and subtract the costs. You don’t just look at the costs. You may want to do some research on basic addition. There are some great wikipedia articles on this subject.

The CBO actually forecasts massive deficit reductions in the second ten years (in excess of 600 million even with the medicare corrections).

You of course only reported the costs because you are attempting to deceive your readers. Why did you not let people know that the CBO forecasts deficit reductions of 600 million to over 1 trillion in the second decade?

Regarding the CBO, Republicans were more than happy to quote the 1.6 trillion dollar bill that first came out of the house (that bill sucked and was an easy target). Now that the CBO is showing better numbers Republicans have to say the CBO is wrong. Otherwise the democrats look more fiscally conservative than the republicans. Disaster.

Republicans haven’t had a president that reduced the deficit since Nixon.

By: cowboylove

cowboylove — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:25:44 +0000

There is a reason for the use of the word estimate which means best guess. Anyone can only guess at what the eventuality will be, given all available information and like all estimates the final results will vary from the best guesses. This does not diminish the relative accuracy of the best guesses.

By: percydovetonsils

percydovetonsils — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:40:42 +0000

If you believe any government estimate of anything I want to tell you about the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

By: jeffkoopersmith

jeffkoopersmith — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:27:11 +0000

CBO has always been a professional joke. It is not free from political pressure – not at all. I would guess that CBO figures are 97 percent wrong always. The best research offices like these are in California – see the Chief Legislative Analyst Offices in Los Angeles for the City Council (where I got my feet wet) and of course the California legislature. Both are pure gold, even with the unreal political power they must endure – just like from Congress – and of course the puppeteers that control them! – Great story Bux – but way too fair.
Tell it like it is.