Gruber was ?some adviser,? indeed

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  • Grapesoda
    So Fucking Banned
    • Jul 2003
    • 46234
    #1

    Gruber was ?some adviser,? indeed

    GRUBER WAS ?SOME ADVISER,? INDEED
    President Obama on Sunday called Jonathan Gruber ?some adviser who never worked on our staff.? Obama told Chief White House Correspondent Ed Henry that he had ?just heard about? the multiple times Gruber was caught on camera bragging about helping the White House exploit ?the stupidity of the American voter? to pass the health law. But that sure doesn?t gibe with new details about the time when Obama summoned Gruber to the Oval Office for an emergency meeting with a handful of top advisers to salvage passage of ObamaCare amid a 2009 breakdown in the Democrat-controlled Congress. Given the president?s hugely crummy reputation for being forthcoming about his signature law, it seems that blowing off questions about what appears to be evidence of an intentional lie in the crafting of the law would be a bad idea.

    Gruber was â??some adviser,â?? indeed | Fox News

    What exactly was Gruber?s role in the creation of the health law?

    Lie of the Year: 'If you like your health care plan, you can keep it'

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    • L-Pink
      working on my tan
      • Mar 2005
      • 39151
      #2
      Gruber was paid almost $400,000 ..... Not bad for just "some advisor"

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        • TheSquealer
          Mayor of Thneedville
          • Oct 2004
          • 26182
          #3
          Cue the nonsensical deflections, raising irrelevant points about republicans + "It's Bush's fault" in 3.... 2.... 1.....
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          Yes, fewer illegal immigrants working equates to more job opportunities for American citizens.

          Rochard

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            • TheSquealer
              Mayor of Thneedville
              • Oct 2004
              • 26182
              #4
              Originally posted by L-Pink
              Gruber was paid almost $400,000 ..... Not bad for just "some advisor"
              To be fair, thats absolutely nothing at all when you are spending 840 million to build a website.

              HealthCare.gov has already cost $840 million - CBS News
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              Yes, fewer illegal immigrants working equates to more job opportunities for American citizens.

              Rochard

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                • Captain Kawaii
                  So Fucking Banned
                  • Oct 2007
                  • 6748
                  #5
                  Gruber is a cancer. Like most in politics.

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                    • dyna mo
                      just a fucking jerk
                      • Dec 2008
                      • 68184
                      #6
                      He's smarter than us and therefore knows what's better for each and every one of us. That makes it OK to be deceptive.

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                        • L-Pink
                          working on my tan
                          • Mar 2005
                          • 39151
                          #7
                          Originally posted by TheSquealer
                          To be fair, thats absolutely nothing at all when you are spending 840 million to build a website.

                          HealthCare.gov has already cost $840 million - CBS News
                          In that context you're correct, a drop in the bucket compared to total cost.

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                            • TheSquealer
                              Mayor of Thneedville
                              • Oct 2004
                              • 26182
                              #8
                              I guess no one wants to talk about the "not a part of my staff" guy who was paid 400k for helping cobble together the Affordable Care Act who is now talking about how Obama and his administration knew perfectly well that they were lying about everything in it and how it would play out.

                              Odd.... If a Republican sneezes, we have to hear about it.
                              .
                              Yes, fewer illegal immigrants working equates to more job opportunities for American citizens.

                              Rochard

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                                • Vendzilla
                                  Biker Gnome
                                  • Mar 2004
                                  • 23200
                                  #9
                                  What he was paid is nothing, don't care. Was is working on the building of ACA and in knowledge of the lies that were told about it, the promises we were all given that have never materialized?
                                  You can keep your doctor,
                                  You can keep your policy,
                                  You will save $2500 per year for your family.

                                  I'm sure anything Obama says about it now is also a lie!!!
                                  Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
                                  think about that

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                                    • Dvae
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Feb 2005
                                      • 5326
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by L-Pink
                                      Gruber was paid almost $400,000 ..... Not bad for just "some advisor"
                                      Fact Checker: Did Jonathan Gruber earn â??almost $400,000â?² from the Obama administration?
                                      In any case, the passage of the Affordable Care Act has been lucrative for Gruber and his microsimulation model. All told, he has been hired by at least eight states to provide advice or assist in creating the health-insurance exchanges that are at the heart of the Affordable Care Act: Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Vermont, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

                                      Not all of the contracts could be found on public Web sites, but here are a sampling. In some cases, Gruber worked with other consultants, so the fees were shared. These figures also might not represent the final payout. But it?s safe to say that about $400,000 appears to be the standard rate for gaining access to the Gruber Microsimulation Model.

                                      Michigan: $481,050

                                      Minnesota: $329,000

                                      Vermont: $400,000

                                      Gruber has also earned more than $2 million over the last seven years for an on-going contract with HHS to assess choices made by the elderly in Medicare?s prescription-drug plan.
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                                      Arguing with a troll is a lot like wrestling in the mud with a pig, after a couple of hours you realize the pig likes it.

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