In a stunning disclosure at a public event on October 17, MIT Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber, the chief architect of the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”), openly admits the Obama Administration and Congressional Democrats intentionally deceived the American people about the content of the ACA when it was being considered before passage in 2010.
In a one-minute video posted by American Commitment, architect Gruber makes some astounding revelations:
You cannot do it politically
[referring to why the Democrats could not be transparent about the content of the ACA]. …This bill was written in a tortured [sic] way to make sure the CBO did not score the mandate as taxes. If the CBO scores the mandate as taxes, the bill dies. …
Healthy people pay in, sick people get money. It would have not passed.
Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage. … call it the stupidity of the American voter, or whatever.
I wish we could make it transparent, but I’d rather have this law than not. … There’s things I wish I could change, but I’d rather have this law than not….continued
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