800,000 Jobs Gone: CBO Admits Health Care Law Will Kill Jobs

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  • Mateytwo Barreett
    Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:42pm

    Statistics-statistics!!!! What do you want them to say today. Take a little of this and a little of that-spin it that way- tumble it that. Anybody else just gettin’ really pissed???

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  • BlueStrat
    Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:41pm

    800,000??

    Really?

    Really????

    If the history of these type of CBO cost projections, particularly when concerning these types of entitlement/social programs, is any indicator, that 800,000 is more like 8,000,000 or more. Likely much more.

    I may have been born at night, but it wasn’t LAST night!

    I don’t think anybody else with the ability to out-think a tree stump buys it, either.

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  • ICANHANDLETHETRUTH
    Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:41pm

    I think Forest put it best ” Obama care is like a box of chocolates, you never know what your going to get ” Is it me or is their just a whole lot of knuckleheads running this country, commonsence is dead with all these people…………………….. wher are my pills……… lol

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    • Brontefan
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:58pm

      It’s not you! Common sense is not used by Elitists; they already know what is best for everyone in every situation! Just ask them. I am so fed up with these Ivy League grads who think that education is selective–do you really think Harvard’s reading of the US Constitution is better than University of Alabama? Get real! Plus, remember that Obama considers the US Constitution full of negative laws.

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  • RIGHTNOTLEFT
    Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:39pm

    To qoute Gomer Pyle

    SUPRISE, SUPRISE, SUPRISE

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  • chickenlittle
    Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:39pm

    Don’t they usually wait ’til Friday for these releases, so they have the weekend to either bury the story or spin them?

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  • USAPatriot11
    Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:38pm

    Move along… Nothing to see here!

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  • Ghandi was a Republican
    Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:37pm

    And that’s not including the trickle down… Increased unemployment= lest ax revenue, added safety net burden, less disposable income, increasing debt, less paid into SS fund etc.

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  • Edgar Bennet
    Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:37pm

    @ Spank

    Does Planned Parenthood offer that too?

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  • jmgair
    Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:36pm

    So can we say that Obama was once again telling us a bedtime story when he sais his health care plan would create jobs ? Just like he said you can keep your doctor and your old plan which we have now found to be untrue also…

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  • LibsRstupid
    Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:34pm

    Libs lie, keep telling everyone health care bill will create jobs. Get them all out of office.

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  • eyestoseeearstohear
    Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:34pm

    NO IT WON’T…

    THIS HEALTHCARE WILL OPEN THE DOOR FULL WIDE TO “ SOCIALISM”.
    Obamacare has its TENTACLES that far-reach into EVERY aspect of our lives and OUR FREEDOMS will be GONE IF IT IS PASSED.

    The CBO is playing Obama’s tune – LOUD & WILD!

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    • Ghandi was a Republican
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:42pm

      Yes it is.. It is a gateway to change every legal precedence and/or stuff the courts with challenges that that will meet up with progressive activist in robery,,

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    • Brontefan
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:49pm

      You are absolutely correct! Besides ObamaCare was never about improving the health care system in this country. It is and always has been about socialism and a government take over the entire health care industry. Once they have the controls on your health care—full blown Marxism is non-stoppable! How’s that “hope & change” working for you now? Was there ever another president who pulled the wool over so many people’s eyes and smoozed his way into the WH so he could stick to us? BTW, he doesn’t plan to live under his socialist mandates!

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    • My Two Cents
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 5:48pm

      It already has passed. The million dollar question is will it come to pass.

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  • pissedatmsm
    Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:34pm

    But what happened to ” If you like your job… errr insurance ….errr insurance job… you can keep it”?
    Or Pelosi saying that “This bill will immediatley create 400,000 jobs”???

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    • chickenlittle
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:41pm

      Should create a great need for “spin doctors” dontcha think?

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    • chfields62
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 5:05pm

      It will create 400,000 jobs…..Government jobs that is

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  • chickenlittle
    Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:34pm

    Spin those figures Obozo.

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  • Mr.G
    Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:33pm

    To quote Homer, “d’oh”

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:33pm

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    The line for knee pads forms to the right………

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    • Showtime
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 6:23pm

      Spank, I’m desperate — I’ll just drop to the concrete on bare knees!

      How did I stay sober for 31 years? Obama wasn’t in the WH for 29 of them!

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    • CatB
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 6:49pm

      SHOWTIME … I;m pulling for you .. STAY STRONG … I haven’t “taken it up” yet … we can do this!

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    • SpankDaMonkey
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 9:55pm

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      @Show – Spank, I’m desperate — I’ll just drop to the concrete on bare knees!

      Well if your gonna pass on the knee pads, the KY Line forms to the left.

      Good Luck and keep a stiff upper lip…….

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  • HillBillySam1
    Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:33pm

    Somebody call a doctor……!!!! Everyone at MSNBC just had a conniption……..

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  • Xcori8r
    Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:32pm

    It’s no surprise to those who have been paying attention to what the bill does.

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  • dtitus1304
    Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:32pm

    Somebody tell this to Anthony Weiner.

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  • sissykatz
    Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:32pm

    Get rid of the monstrosity!!!! Let the Supreme Court have this and rule it unconstitutional and get on with our lives. This has been a burden long enough. Please Please rule against it.

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  • lasvegas
    Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:32pm

    I didn’t hear in the video how the two are connected. I understand that 800,000 jobs will be lost, but how is that connected to Obamacare? 800k is based on 0.5% of total workforce estimated at 160M, which would mean TOTAL work force, not only those working in healthcare industry. I don’t like the law, but I think we should be cautious not to give the liberal MSM any unnecessary talking points.

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    • CatB
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:35pm

      Yes undertakers should do quite well.

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    • Nervous Investor
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:37pm

      Replay the video and listen to the question again; it is quite clear.

       
    • idrathermisstotheright
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 10:25pm

      We eliminate a job this year when our insurance went up 47% because of the mandates and the uncertainity of the monstrosity. So that would be 800,001.

      I know we could have just borrowed 1.5 trillion to maintain our budget. Oh yea I forgot we can’t print money like govt.

      I would like to know who is paying the 40,000 tsa workers. Maybe they will be lost by then so it would be eliminating non-essential jobs. I did get a clean review of my prostate the last time through. Wasn’t sure how he was checking since he had a hand on each shoulder.

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  • WILLIAM E.
    Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:32pm

    Imagine that ! Like Pelosi said, we need to pass it so we can find out what is in it. And more to come !!

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  • KA-T_FTW
    Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:31pm

    Lol

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  • pajamash
    Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:31pm

    Obama Care = FAIL!

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  • chuck_wagon
    Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:31pm

    WOW!!!! I’m in shock!! Really?!?!?!?! I wonder what their first clue was.

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    • Showtime
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:56pm

      When Pelosi said “Jobs-Jobs-Jobs!” and when Biden said it was a three-letter word: “J-O-B-S.”

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 5:03pm

      Is there someway we could make sure at the next election the administration, the czars, and the various useless departments understand the term “Fired, fired, fired…”

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    • chuck_wagon
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 5:37pm

      God we‘re in a freightening mess aren’t we? They will cut out the czars and waste product Bureaucrats when China finally cuts us off.

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  • WatchingThePuppetShow
    Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:29pm

    Ya think?

     
    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:34pm

      A year AFTER the d@mn thing was passed? Now you tell us? Of course we already knew it would anyway. That’s the government for you, slow in so many ways.

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    • CatB
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:34pm

      Duh! … I think undertakers might make a “killing”.

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    • watchtheotherhand
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:43pm

      Can’t be, simply can’t be…….Oh well we could always just create more government jobs !!!!

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    • leftiesaredangerous
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:45pm

      Look who just caught up.

       
    • trolltrainer
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:45pm

      What ****** me off is why the CBO did not come clean last year! I understand they only work the numbers given to them…blah, blah, blah…But they KNEW what the game was, their bubble is not that small or airtight. Why could they not have came out and said, “Listen, the numbers we were given say this but we went further and really examined how this bill will effect us and this is the REAL score…”

      I blame the CBO as much as I blame the dems. The blood is on their hands too.

       
    • Boss J
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:53pm

      I wonder if the lib talking heads are going to be out touting the “non partisan CBO” numbers now?

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    • laughing_dingo
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:59pm

      This is a distortion of what the CBO said.

      This is what is in the actual CBO report–

      “The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the legislation, on net, will reduce the amount of labor used in the economy by a small amount—roughly half a percent—primarily by reducing the amount of labor that workers choose to supply. That net effect reflects changes in incentives in the labor market that operate in both directions: Some provisions of the legislation will discourage people from working more hours or entering the workforce, and other provisions will encourage them to work more. Moreover, many people will be unaffected by those provisions and will face the same incentives regarding work as they do under current law.”

      Basically, the CBO is saying that some people right now are working mostly to keep their health insurance. Once they have other options — to enroll in Medicaid, or to qualify for tax breaks to buy insurance from a health exchange — they might choose to work less. The CBO describes this as a “small segment” of the population. And, because the CBO is describing REDUCED HOURS rather than lost jobs, it never uses the 650,000 number that the Republican document cites. The Republican extrapolated that number from the CBO’s estimate of one-half percent of the labor supply.

      Finally, a person who voluntarily chooses to work less is not having their job “killed” by federal legislation.

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    • joseph Fawcett
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 4:59pm

      This is why they were in such a hurry to pass it and did so without even stopping to read the bill. Now we are finding out what they really did and what they intended. I bet we will be just as surprised with other stuff yet to come out.

      http://www.josephfawcettart.com western artist

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 5:02pm

      So a event that has been known of for the last year is now confirmed by the CBO as a ‘fact’ and the world is suppose to be shocked to the core by the suddeness of this announcement?

      Then again I do keep forgetting the main cause of the administrations cluelessness; they constantly underestimate the true level of intelligence and rationality of the American people.

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    • jzs
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 5:06pm

      Typical Blaze crap. The CBO guy DID NOT say universal health care would “kill jobs.” That is nonsence. What he said was that if people can get reasonably price health insurance, some will reduce their working hours below the point where they would otherwise lose insurance from their employer. And people who are working only to get insurance, might quit.

      The jobs are still there. Not one job is lost. Some people would work less or quit altogether.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 5:14pm

      One thing still sticks out was Pelosi saying we need to “pass the bill to see what is in the bill.” Or along these lines, it may have been to find out what is in the bill.

      This struck me at the time as a ‘canned bill’ or one already written and just waiting for the right set of time and ability to ramrod it all the way through.

      Now the progressives and their news spin machineery are always set on the same play of the book, and follow a ‘canned newscast’ set up for different situations, all that is needed is a targets name and a situation to blame them for.

      In the ministry there are services already made up called ‘canned sermons’ in some denominations; and the format used now by the CBO and the administration is along the same lines.

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    • My Two Cents
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 5:45pm

      One guy who will definitely lose his job over it is currently residing at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

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    • Upsetcitizen
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 5:53pm

      We had to pass the heath care to know how it would affect jobs. Just like we had to pass health care to know what’s in it.

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    • jbl8199
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 6:00pm

      Can you say Duh?

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    • 8jrts
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 6:08pm

      @trolltrainer

      You are so RIGHT!! I can’t believe that we could all figure that out, but they (CBO) could not, nor did they say anything all the while knowing the numbers were all bogus!! They need to be replaced as they are not “credible” nor “bi-partisan” as shown by their actions.

      @2cents We can do our best to oust the jerk.

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    • VegasGuy
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 6:33pm

      @trolltrainer

      The CBO was set up bu Congress to provide political cover, not get at the truth. They can only factor in the numbers Congress gives to them to use in their calculations.

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    • Sergio Q
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 11:14pm

      yea , we need the free (LOL) healthcare to cure all the jobless suffering from depression …and that does not include the jobs lost from cap n tax ,and eco-nazi laws
      ~were so skruuued !~

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    • Cobra Blue
      Posted on February 11, 2011 at 12:48am

      Took you long enough CBO….Took you long enough to admit what you really knew all along…you were just hoping the rest of us would not find out.

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    • cykonas
      Posted on February 11, 2011 at 7:57am

      @Trolltrainer
      Don’t blame the CBO. The committee has to invite them to testify, not the other way around. Last year the committee in the House was controlled by the Dems who, I don’t think, were all that anxious to hear what the CBO had to say so they didn’t hold any hearings.

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    • Dr of T
      Posted on February 11, 2011 at 8:58am

      here’s to help some of you who have suffered job cuts – it’s free http://www.RewardsHero.com

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    • rodamaa
      Posted on February 11, 2011 at 2:05pm

      @My Two Cents

      Now that’s something I can get behind!

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    • mikelivi
      Posted on February 11, 2011 at 2:43pm

      Repeal that sham of a bill now! Pelosi said “you’ll see whats in it when it passes” How was that accepted by anyone lib or conservative? They all should be prosecuted for defrauding the American people!

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    • mikelivi
      Posted on February 11, 2011 at 2:44pm

      Of course it kills jobs, thats what Obama is all about! Killing American jobs! What a joke this guy is, the absolute dumbest person to ever come out of Harvard! Closet muslim f@*k

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    • UPSETVET
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 8:16am

      Some have commented that the real number isn’t 800,000 jobs that will be lost due to Obamacare. Well, think about this.If it was only ONE job and that one job was YOURS, would you still be in favor of Obamacare ? Only a very few knew the details hidden in the pages of the Obmacare Bill passed by the Congress and Senate. Now, we are “surprised” almost daily by the negative revelations. Nancy Pelosi hoodwinked a lot of politicians and common Americans with her statement ” JDon’t need to rread it, just pass the bill, we won‘t know what’s in it until we pass it “. Well, just give me one of your endorsed blank checks, you won‘t know how much I’m going to make it for, until I cash it and spend the money”. That’s about the same thing, is it not ? We can’t conitnue to cry over spilled milk but we can make another trip to the barn.

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