"I think Gruber's comments show what is consistent in Washington, [Moscow, Beijing] it's this arrogance of centralized government."| Submit your comments on this article |
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| Lankford: Gruber's Comments Show 'Arrogance of Centralized Government' |
| 2014-11-18 |
| [CNSNEWS] Sen.-elect James Lankford (R-Okla.) told 'Fox News Sunday' that Obamacare architect and MIT professor Jonathan Gruber's comments reflect an 'arrogance of centralized government.' 'I think Gruber's comments show what is consistent in Washington, it's this arrogance of centralized government. This administration really believes they're smarter than everyone else and they need to just create the policy and impose the policy, and states exist only to be able to carry out their wishes from the central government. And I think that's exactly backwards,' he said. 'Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage. And basically, you know, call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever, but basically that was really, really critical to get anything to pass,' Gruber said in a newly surfaced video of comments he made in 2013. 'What is it that you think, given the fact that the president will certainly veto any outright repeal of Obamacare, what do you think the new Republican majorities in both the House and the Senate can actually accomplish in Obamacare over the next two years?' 'Fox News Sunday' host Chris Wallace asked Lankford. 'The best thing that we can actually do is return health care decisions back to states, back to local authorities. Health care compacts, all the different things that actually return those authorities back to the states,' Lankford said. 'We have $50 billion -- $50 billion last year in Medicare fraud, $50 billion.' ... with a "B." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 The ACA/Obamacare was a law based on deceit and subterfuge. It would seem that such a law would be unlawful for no other reason that it was based on lies. I hope SCOTUS considers this when deciding the legality of the subsidies and other cases. The ACA continues to be propped up by lies. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-11-18 13:22 |
| #6 The people that Gruber called stupid are the ones who supported Obamacare. The deception that Gruber talks about was targeted at the ones who supported Obamacare. It’s telling that now the jig is up many of the people who dismiss Gruber’s comments are the same ones who continue to support Obamacare. Maybe that stupid comment isn’t far off the mark? |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2014-11-18 11:20 |
| #5 'Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage. And basically, you know, call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever, but basically that was really, really critical to get anything to pass,' I don't know about all of you, but this arrogant piss ant really ticks me off. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-11-18 10:18 |
| #4 notice Pols can always cite a $ figure for fraud and waste, but can never seem to put a stop to it? almost a failure of desire or will...nahhhhhh |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-11-18 09:15 |
| #3 Among my economic readings for my doctorate was a comment that highly centralized governments fail because they lack expertise in some areas they try to manage and they are also thus spread too think and too distracted to effectively manage those things only a government can manage. |
| Posted by: Mystic 2014-11-18 08:15 |
| #2 Not arrogance so much as the desire to make sure the magic checks keep coming. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2014-11-18 05:12 |
| #1 "I think Gruber's comments show what is consistent in Washington, [Moscow, Beijing] it's this arrogance of centralized government." |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-11-18 02:17 |