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Testifying today before the House Budget Committee, Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Doug Elmendorf confirmed that Obamacare is expected to reduce the number of jobs in the labor market by an estimated 800,000.
Many nations have universal healthcare. Some are doing well with it, such as Germany and France.
America is such a dumb country that it can't figure out anything except how to bomb civilians. Big, strong, and stupid. Duh!
Many nations have universal healthcare. Some are doing well with it, such as Germany and France.
America is such a dumb country that it can't figure out anything except how to bomb civilians. Big, strong, and stupid. Duh!
So go move to one of the Socialist countries you so admire. Please.
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I wonder why they will disappear.
Oh, I got it , 5 minutes of fact checking shows it was a snippet taken out of context of a much larger dialogue, and flipped to look like hell on earth.
Go figure.
The Republican translation doesn't track, said economist Paul Fronstin of the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute.
"CBO isn't saying that there is job loss as much as they are saying that fewer people will be working," explained Fronstin. "There is a difference. People voluntarily working less isn't the same as employers cutting jobs."
For example, the budget office said some people might decide to retire earlier because it would be easier to get health care, instead of waiting until they become eligible for Medicare at age 65.
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