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<blockquote data-quote="av8torntn" data-source="post: 298299" data-attributes="member: 8259"><p>First I do not like using projections because none of us know what is going to happen over there in the future. My point was that you found a projection and I found a completely different one and none of them know. So I just went with the numbers you picked.</p><p> </p><p>Now for the OMB thing you are right there are several positions that are appointed by the President and they report to him. But and this is a big one most of the positions carry over from administration to administration and they look at their job as one to give whoever the President is more unbiased numbers. I did not want to use 2007 numbers because that year has passed so I picked the numbers that they project since you wanted to do that for 2008. If I understood those guys right the directors just instruct them which areas to crunch the numbers for. </p><p> </p><p>All of these things play into my political theory of a limited federal government. If you want to live in a state with one payer health care or one with more freedoms you should be able to but the way things are now you have no chance to escape the reach of the federal government. </p><p> </p><p>As far as your Medicare thing goes I think I could make a good case that this is one of the reasons that health care costs are high. As you might could guess I believe in a free market for health care.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="av8torntn, post: 298299, member: 8259"] First I do not like using projections because none of us know what is going to happen over there in the future. My point was that you found a projection and I found a completely different one and none of them know. So I just went with the numbers you picked. Now for the OMB thing you are right there are several positions that are appointed by the President and they report to him. But and this is a big one most of the positions carry over from administration to administration and they look at their job as one to give whoever the President is more unbiased numbers. I did not want to use 2007 numbers because that year has passed so I picked the numbers that they project since you wanted to do that for 2008. If I understood those guys right the directors just instruct them which areas to crunch the numbers for. All of these things play into my political theory of a limited federal government. If you want to live in a state with one payer health care or one with more freedoms you should be able to but the way things are now you have no chance to escape the reach of the federal government. As far as your Medicare thing goes I think I could make a good case that this is one of the reasons that health care costs are high. As you might could guess I believe in a free market for health care. [/QUOTE]
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