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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: Chris_ on August 02, 2010, 10:54:50 AM
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Four months after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously declared "We have to pass the bill so you can find out what’s in it,"a congressional panel has released the first chart illustrating the 2,801 page health care law President Obama signed into law in March.
Developed by the Joint Economic Committee minority, led by U.S Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas and Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas, the detailed organization chart displays a bewildering array of new government agencies, regulations and mandates.
In addition to capturing the massive expansion of government and the overwhelming complexity of new regulations and taxes, the chart portrays:
*$569 billion in higher taxes;
*$529 billion in cuts to Medicare;
*Swelling of the ranks of Medicaid by 16 million;
*17 major insurance mandates; and
*the creation of two new bureaucracies with powers to impose future rationing: the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute and the Independent Payments Advisory Board.
Brady admits committee analysts could not fit the entire health care bill on one chart. "This portrays only about one-third of the complexity of the final bill. It’s actually worse than this."
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/tx08_brady/pr_100728_hc_chart.html
(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff68/kayaktn/obamachart.jpg)
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Oh. My. Freaking. Gawd. :mental:
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So where's Waldo? Or better yet, the detonator?
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Hmmmm, so that's where jobs are being created ?
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I've seen wiring diagrams that were less confusing.
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I've seen wiring diagrams that were less confusing.
Actually the board schematics for an old 16-bit computer card would be a good match.
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I think the Afghanistan spaghetti slide is simpler than that. Holy hell.
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Here's the scary part: "This portrays only about one-third of the complexity of the final bill. It’s actually worse than this."
Full-size chart (http://www.house.gov/brady/pdf/Obamacare_Chart.pdf)
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Just the research to put that chart together must've cost millions.
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we are soooo screwed. :censored:
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Holy shit--it's worse than Death By Powerpoint AND Death By Unga-Bunga COMBINED.
It's DEATH BY POWERUNGABUNGA!!!!
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:rofl:
As long as it's not Death by Snoo Snoo.
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:rofl:
As long as it's not Death by Snoo Snoo.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3317/3422416323_7cbe4aef23.jpg)
Futurama is the shit.
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Futurama is the shit.
I'm not really enjoying the new season. Meh.
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Would rather it look like this...
(http://www.rfcafe.com/miscellany/humor/images/flow_chart_rfcafe.jpg)
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I'm not really enjoying the new season. Meh.
It's not as good as the old ones, but I'm just chalking that up to being off the air for several years. I'm hoping it gets better though.