Obamacare Architect: Obamacare deliberately written to fool American poeple, CBO... (video) - UPDATED!
This is Jonathan Gruber, a far left "health care economist" from MIT. He is one of the key architects of the Obamacare law. If you ever doubted what we tell you here on a regular basis about how far politicians will go to lie to the American people, prepare to have those doubts evaporated: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G790p0LcgbI]
Gruber does not mince words. He states that Obamacare was written in a deliberately “tortured” way and relied on the “stupidity of the American voter” to ensure its passage.
“This bill was written in a tortured way to make sure [the Congressional Budget Office] did not score the mandate as taxes,” Gruber said. “If CBO scored the mandate as taxes, the bill dies. OK, so it’s written to do that. In terms of risk-rated subsidies, if you had a law which said that healthy people are going to pay in – you made explicit healthy people pay in and sick people get money, it would not have passed.”
“Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage,” Gruber said. “And basically, call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever, but basically that was really really critical for the thing to pass.”
Better for Americans to be slapped with a law they don’t understand, than for them to understand the law and work against it, Gruber claimed. “Look, I wish … we could make it all transparent,” Gruber said, “but I’d rather have this law than not.”
So much for the consent of the governed.
See more of Jon Gruber here, in which you can catch him in another whopping lie: [youtube=http://youtu.be/zhavicDc0Ts]
UPDATE - Megyn Kelly responds HERE. Congressman Trey Gowdy responds HERE.
UPDATE II - Another video of Gruber saying the American people are stupid HERE.
UPDATE III - Third video where he says it again: https://twitter.com/AmericanEncore/status/532607843833487360
UPDATE IV - OH look! Another big shot Democrat lying about Obamacare. Keep in mind in the video linked, that 71% of so called Obamacare signups are really people who have signed up for Medicaid - LINK.
UPDATE V - Nancy Pelosi says that she has never heard of Jonathan Gruber and that he had nothing to do with writing the bill. Unfortunately for Pelosi has mentioned him by name several times on video and on her web site:
Pelosi cited ObamaCare architect in push for law – now claims she hasn’t heard of him - LINK.
https://twitter.com/BrianFaughnan/status/532932619328303105
https://twitter.com/FirstTeamTommy/status/532932891991609344
https://twitter.com/FirstTeamTommy/status/532933664976678912
https://twitter.com/FirstTeamTommy/status/532934269279420416
UPDATE VI - Harry Reid quoting the Obamacare lies of Jonathan Gruber on the Senate Floor. Keep in mind that Gruber said that the bill was written "in a tortured way" to fool the CBO: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWikEo57Gq8]
Here is Democrat Senate Leader Harry Reid calling MIT’s Jonathan Gruber “one of the most respected economists in the world,” Harry Reid confidently predicts that thanks to Obamacare, 93% of Americans will see reductions in health care premiums of up to 60%, and 30 million more people will be covered, all while reducing the deficit.
UPDATE VII - Here is more history of Jonathan Gruber as well as his history in writing Obamacare - LINK.
UPDATE VIII - Melissa Francis: When I Worked At CNBC They Stopped Me From Telling The Truth About Obamacare, "I was silenced." [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzvi3hK51Lo]
UPDATE IX - More video shows Jonathan Gruber dismissing (mocking) voter concerns about government-run health care. Via Watchdog.org and The Blaze: [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPnxG0IUKTo]
UPDATE X - Obamacare Architect Flat-Out Admits Administration ‘Mislabeled’ Key Part of Health Care Law in Sixth Video - LINK.
UPDATE XI - Hitler Finds Out Field Marshal Gruber Spilled the Beans [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKhkQqA53v0]
UPDATE XII - Gruber in an Obamacare campaign video [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxZK0spa1yI]
UPDATE XIII - Brit Hume blasts... [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTIlsTDYqKU]
UPDATE XIV - More Democrats praising Gruber before denying him: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVlXTEB0T0U]
UPDATE XV - Sharyl Attkisson: Bias in Media Coverage of Gruber Comments: [youtube=http://youtu.be/xJh5GtzgRMs]
UPDATE XVI - Kirsten Powers 'Truly Stunned' By Media Blackout of 'Stupid Americans' Videos - LINK.
UPDATE XVII - Gruber: Obama personally asked me to help disguise unhelpful Obamacare facts - LINK.
UPDATE XVIII - Jon Stewart torches Jon Gruber and Nancy Pelosi - VIDEO LINK.
UPDATE XIX - AWESOME - Jake Tapper explains why "Grubergate" is so important: [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLOV4oUXawg]