I want to make two points; Rep. Rodriguez is an elected official with a duty to represent his constituents in Congress, no matter their political persuasion, and, he volunteered and asked for this job. He wasn’t ordered into this position by some judge, as some kind of sentence. He wants this job. It is a bit stunning that, at the first sign of criticism, he loses his temper so quickly. A confident politician would have been able to field this question.
The off-camera speaker rightly pointed out that the non-partisan CBO has revised the estimates of Obamacare's cost. She was right.
What's more, the original CBO estimate (like all CBO scores) was based on a 10 year period. The problem? The Democrats built into Obamacare years of taxes that start well before any of the major benefits kick in. So you're paying taxes for years, THEN getting some "benefits". In that first 10 year span, such shuffling of the numbers makes it look like the plan is "revenue neutral". In reality, it makes the deficit even worse.
So what began as a terrible plan built on fake, misleading numbers is now being exposed as EVEN WORSE than all that.
Rep. Phil Hare (D-IL)
"I don't worry about the Constitution"
Correct me if I'm wrong but Phil Hare did, did he not, take an oath to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic"? In a just society Hare would have been given a harsher rebuke than Trent Lott received after eulogising Strom Thurmond. Let's hope he's voted out of office.
