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2014-11-18 -Land of the Free

Lankford: Gruber's Comments Show 'Arrogance of Centralized Government'

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Posted by Fred 2014-11-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

"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|| 2014-11-18 02:17|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-11-18 05:12|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-11-18 08:15|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-11-18 09:15|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-11-18 10:18|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-11-18 11:20|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-11-18 13:22|| Front Page Top

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