he says he's discovered 2/3 of all the money he needs to pay for his jovian ambitions in the areas of waste, fraud and abuse, wellness/prevention, IT and SHAVINGS (he calls em savings) from m&m
i see this as a SLAP to ted kennedy who devoted his entire life but was apparently just TOO DUMB to find what the kid discovered in a box under a bed, or something, in the lincoln bedroom
on friday july 17, the day after cbo elmendorf testified in baucus' gateway cmte, senate finance, that the cost curve bent the wrong way, kicking out entire the total prop underpinning obama's entire health care agenda (which, recall, is ECONOMIC, not an issue of fairness, not a matter of social justice, no, obama's prime premise for doing health care in the first place, repeated ad nauseum---we can't AFFORD to do nothing, ie, economics)
the day after july 16, the biggest, most important day in this young presidency (it was also the day the bluedogs made PUBLIC their reservations with obamacare, july 16), on friday the 17th, obama called an emergency afternoon press conference to try to get the initiative back
and that was the first time he ever announced to the world that he'd serendipitously, magically "found" all this 2/3 of the cash he needed
(i knew the very instant he was toast, i was watching live, i'm a school teacher and home on vacation---for one more day, damnit, then back to work for me)
he actually added, i couldn't believe it---i only have to come up with 1/3 of the money
what an INSULT to the grownups like our friend above on this thread who CAN do arithmetic
since then, obama has repeated his 2/3 "findings" and 1/3 "need" mantra everywhere he's gone
the primetime presser which he ruined by bringing up the cambridge cop (i forget the date), he pushed his 2/3 and 1/3
the michael jackson funeral reprise, his town hall at portsmouth, last tuesday, a week ago today (or yesterday, depending on where you are)
grand junction on saturday
every time he says it i cringe
long answer, friend, but i respect your independence
the upshot---by cbo scoring, by ap (associated press) accounts, i can provide the link, he looks to 500 million dollars of savings/shavings off m and m
aarp on sunday's fns---we're not concerned, we can save money and get BETTER care
yeah, and moons are cheeses
this is aarp LEADERSHIP we're talking
that is, NOT membership
etc
i could go on, friend, forever
you and i are on opposite sides, but i like the way you man up and don't make excuses
you WON
kick ASS
or give someone else the ball
cliff