See other Health Articles
Title: By The Numbers
Source:
[None]
URL Source: [None]
Published: Nov 2, 2009
Author: Bradblog.com
Post Date: 2009-11-02 18:00:20 by tom007
Keywords: None
Views: 69
Comments: 2
YouTube views of Rise of the Tea Bags, as of right now, since we posted it on Wednesday: 3,936 4,711 5,366 (Be the 4,000th 5,000th 6,000th!) Followers of The BRAD BLOG on Twitter, as of right now: 497 518 (Be the 500th! Thanks to #500, @silver02suby. Be the 600th!) Cost of national defense authorization bill for 2010 only, as signed by Obama on Wednesday without objection from tea baggers: $680 billion Approximate cost of proposed U.S. House health insurance bill per year (though not reported this way by media): $90 billion Cost of U.S. House health insurance bill over next ten years, as always reported by the media and vigorously objected to by tea baggers, despite CBO finding that it will actually reduce the deficit: Just under $900 billion Approximate cost of defense authorization over next ten years (though never reported this way by media): $7 trillion Approximate savings to tax-payers from U.S. House health insurance bill over next ten years: $100 billion People killed by U.S. defense operations each year: n/a Americans who die for lack of health insurance each year: 45,000 Cost of misplaced tea bagger/media priorities: priceless
Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
#1. To: All, destro (#0)
ping
"Satan / Cheney in "08" Wrong. According to AP News today - Nov.02 - news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_he...885wsIobNQRaMwfIE;_ylu=X3 oDMTJxMmszb2V1BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkxMTAzL3VzX2hlYWx0aF9jYXJlX292ZXJoYXVsBGNwb3MDNAR wb3MDNARzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3JpZXMEc2xrA3NvdXJjZXNob3VzZQ-- "House health bill totals $1.2 trillion" "The health care bill headed for a vote in the House this week costs $1.2 trillion or more over a decade, according to numerous Democratic officials and figures contained in an analysis by congressional budget experts, far higher than the $900 billion cited by President Barack Obama as a price tag for his reform plan..."
#2. To: tom007 (#0)
Cost of U.S. House health insurance bill over next ten years, as always reported by the media and vigorously objected to by tea baggers, despite CBO finding that it will actually reduce the deficit: Just under $900 billion
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest