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Healthcare Bill Looks Cheaper than It Is

Posted By Sheldon Richman

“Lawmakers use a 10-year accounting window to assess new programs. Starting the Medicare cuts and some of the taxes in the early years — and pushing the bulk of new spending into the latter years — helps keep the cost of the health care overhaul within Obama’s $900 billion limit.” (Associated Press ^[1], Sunday)

“Reality is negotiable.”

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“Political Accounting” ^[2] by James Bovard

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[1] Associated Press: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jwpkBcFW0JrTHAaEQIrUJDrA5JjQD9B8J8TO3

[2] “Political Accounting”: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/political-accounting/

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