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| The Media's Favorite Healthcare Analyst Revealed To Be On Obama's Dole |
| 2010-01-09 |
| But he probably wouldn't have been cited with quite the same authority--particularly by mainstream media--if he'd been more upfront about the fact that he's being paid almost $300,000 by the Obama Administration for "special studies and analysis" of the health care bills, as a blogger on Firedoglake revealed last night. Ben Smith has the rundown; apparently most of the health care beat reporters were as unaware of the relationship as I was. |
| Posted by:Uncle Phester |
| #12 Tax free at the moment, Frank. When needs must, the rules will change, even for the bribed and the secretly paid. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-01-09 21:18 |
| #11 and with this Administration, that's $300K tax free, I bet |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-01-09 15:41 |
| #10 When I reached Jonathan Gruber on Thursday, he was working his way, page by laborious page, through the mammoth health care bill Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had unveiled just a few hours earlier. The rest of us have to read it for nothing and then we are stuck with the tax bill. $300K seems like a lot for an academic--even for MIT faculty. He probably gets that in addition to his MIT salary but I don't know. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-01-09 15:16 |
| #9 $300K is a lot for an academic. I should know. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2010-01-09 12:22 |
| #8 Only $300,000... the recession is even hitting the propaganda industry. |
| Posted by: airandee 2010-01-09 11:30 |
| #7 The media is just jealous that Gruber found a way to make a buck for his propaganda while they've been doing it for free. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2010-01-09 10:55 |
| #6 Maybe the left are getting the idea that big Government "solutions" are only solutions to the rent seekers problem of "How to afford a bigger mansion". |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2010-01-09 10:48 |
| #5 Outed by Firedoglake? I wonder how many other little nasty secrets some of O's allies on the left might start to spill once the disillusionment sets in. Barbara, extra butter on my next order, please? Thanks.... |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2010-01-09 09:24 |
| #4 Obama Administration = culture of corruption |
| Posted by: Elmeresing Jones1185 2010-01-09 08:42 |
| #3 Just another 'Progressive' buy to advance their agenda. |
| Posted by: Tom- Pa 2010-01-09 07:58 |
| #2 The media bitchn' that someone else is doing their job? /rhet question |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-01-09 07:15 |
| #1 Zero has no limits to his lack of morals... |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2010-01-09 00:30 |