Many GOP supporters here are math people, so...

[Wiglaf]

The false $2 trillion figure Republicans have pulled out of their asses is just complete unadulterated lies. I bet you were stupid enough to believe their lies about death panels too. Or that Obama was really an illegal alien from Kenya. Or a secret Muslim terrorist sleeper agent. Or any of the other of dozens of bold faced lies they come up with on a regular basis.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-me...fact-checking/

I think it's bald faced right?

Politifact can suck a fat one. They've been wrong about a bunch of things, particularly spending.

[giblets]

Second post.

Why don't we make a friendly wager, Asher. Obamacare will end up costing > 5 trillion a year.

You know that's a third of the GDP right?

[Kidlicious]

You know that's a third of the GDP right?

Ben may not make the wager now.

[Wiglaf]

You know that's a third of the GDP right?

Why is it funny?

Do you actually understand the cost implications of the law, or are you just being a douchebag?

Do you realize even the administration estimated, by your standard, it'd cost 10% of GDP?

[giblets]

Why is it funny?

Do you actually understand the cost implications of the law, or are you just being a douchebag?

I probably understand it better than Ben does, given that 5 trillion/year is ~25 times higher than what the CBO currently thinks the cost implications are.

[Wiglaf]

Link?

Obama's estimates pegged it at 900 billion, so Ben's estimates (and the GOP's) are not 25 times higher.

[Ben Kenobi]

You know that's a third of the GDP right?

Given what Canada spends on healthcare, that seems about right. Might even be lowball.

[Ben Kenobi]

Obama's estimates pegged it at 900 billion, so Ben's estimates (and the GOP's) are not 25 times higher.

Gribbler's a college student. How dare you make fun of him. Stop making fun of gribbler please. He's trying his best, really he is.

[giblets]

Given what Canada spends on healthcare, that seems about right. Might even be lowball.

You apparently don't know:
1. what canada actually spends on health care
2. what the affordable care act actually does

I would be happy to wager that the health care legislation will not cost >5 trillion a year...

[Kidlicious]

Given what Canada spends on healthcare, that seems about right. Might even be lowball.

You're only off the mark by about a few trillion dollars.

[Ben Kenobi]

1. what canada actually spends on health care
2. what the affordable care act actually does

I would be happy to wager that the health care legislation will not cost >5 trillion a year...

Didn't you just say that 5 trillion is 25 times 1 trillion?

[Ben Kenobi]

You're only off the mark by about a few trillion dollars.

We shall see. Anyways, you were wrong about me retracting it. Healthcare costs are spirally upwards pretty heavily. The US just went, from "we weren't burning money quite fast enough - so we have to burn it EVEN MORE.

[Wiglaf]

It's really remarkable what Obama did after promising to cut the deficit in half. What a douche.

[giblets]

Didn't you just say that 5 trillion is 25 times 1 trillion?

No, I said 50 trillion is 25 times 2 trillion.

[Ben Kenobi]

Obamacare will end up costing > 5 trillion a year.

Funny that, I said 5.