MULVANEY, MICK MULLANEY ACTUALLY DOES NOT LIKE THE CBO.
THAT'S THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE WHICH ANALYZES POLICY
IDEAS AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE GOING TO COST TOO MUCH OR
WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE GOING TO BE COST-EFFECTIVE AND HE IS
SPECIFICALLY DOESN'T THINK THE CBO MATTERS AND DOESN'T THINK WE
SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO IT BECAUSE OF THE ANALYSIS THEY DID
IN REGARD TO REPUBLICANS PLAN TO REPEAL AND REPLACE THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
HERE IS MULVANEY STATEMENT TO THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER IN
REGARD TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE.
HE SAYS AT SOME POINT YOU'VE GOT ASK YOURSELF HAS THE DAY OF
THE CBO COME AND GONE?
HOW MUCH POWER DO WE GET TO THE CBO UNDER THE 1974 BUDGET ACT?
WE ARE HEARING NOW THAT THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT METHODOLOGY IS AN ALUM OF THE HILLARY
CARE PROGRAM IN THE 1990S
WHO WAS BROUGHT IN BY DEMOCRATS TO SCORE THE ACA.
THE PERSON THAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT HAS BEEN HEAD OF THE, AND
IT SERVED IN THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION AND THE OFFICE OF
THE
LET'S NOTE FOR THE RECORD, THE REPUBLICANS DIDN'T COMPLAIN
ABOUT HER WHEN SHE WAS MARKING UP OBAMA CARE AND SAID THINGS
THAT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION DID NOT LIKE AT ALL.
BACK
THEN THEYíRE LIKE WHAT A WONDERFUL NONPARTISAN PERSON HERE.
THAT STATEMENT IS RIDICULOUS, BUT I DON'T THINK IT IS THE
WORST I HEAR IS THE WORST.
DID YOU SEE THE METHODOLOGY ON THAT 23 MILLION PEOPLE GETTING
KICKED OFF HEALTHCARE INSURANCE CLUSTER YOU RECOGNIZE THE COURSE
THAT THEY ASSUME THAT PEOPLE VOLUNTARILY GET OFF MEDICAID.
THAT IS NOT DEFENSIBLE.
NO, THAT IS NOT WHAT THE METHODOLOGY STATED THAT YOU
ARE STRAIGHT UP LYING AND HE KNOWS IT.
THE METHODOLOGY DID NOT ASSUME PEOPLE IN MEDICAID WOULD WAKE
UP AND BE LIKE OH, WE REPEALED THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
ALL THE SUDDEN I DON'T ONE MEDICAID AND I'M GOING TO
GET OFF.
NO, IT WAS NOT ABOUT THEM VOLUNTARILY GETTING OFF
MEDICAID, THEY LOSE THEIR MEDICAID COVERAGE BECAUSE
YOU GUYS WANT TO CUT MEDICAID BY THE TUNE OR TO THE TUNE OF
$834 BILLION.
THAT IS WHY PEOPLE GET KICKED OFF A MEDICAID.
THEY DON'T VOLUNTARILY DO IT SO I LOVE HIS FRAMING THERE BUT IT
IS COMPLETE LIVES AND BY THE WAY, YOU GUYS DON'T WANT TO GIVE
THE CBO ANY OPPORTUNITY TO GET DO ANY ANALYSIS YOU RUSH TO
VOTE, GOT TOGETHER WITH ALL YOUR CRONIES AND GOONS AND HE VOTED
ON IT BEFORE YOU COULD EVEN ALLOW THE CBO OR ANY
ORGANIZATION FOR THAT MATTER TO LOOK AT THE POLICY AND DO A
CLEAR ANALYSIS OF WHAT THE RAMIFICATIONS WOULD BE.
YOU GUYS DIDN'T WANT THE TRUTH TO COME OUT BUT IT DID AND
YOU DON'T LIKE US AND I JUST WANTED TO SKIRTED THE
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE.
IF I CUT MEDICAID BY $834
BILLION YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO VOLUNTEER TO GET OFF OF IT.
IT IS RUBBING SALT IN THE WOUNDS.
BUT OVERALL, LET ME TELL YOU WHY THEY ARE DOING THIS.
THAT IS WHAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT PART WHICH IS
THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO INTIMIDATE THE NONPARTISAN
GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS SAYING HEY, IF YOU DON'T DO
AS WE TELL YOU, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE AWAY YOUR BUDGET AND
WE ARE GOING TO KILL THE ORGANIZATION COMPLETELY DOTS THE
CBO, NEXT TO ME TELL PEOPLE THE TRUTH ABOUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO
TAKE AWAY HEALTH INSURANCE FROM 23 MILLION AMERICANS, REMEMBER
IT MIGHT COST YOU YOUR JOB SO WATCH WHERE YOU ARE STEPPING.
THAT THIS IS HOW GOONS ACT.
THIS IS HOW THEY DO INTIMIDATION.
DICK CHENEY'S TO DO A LOT OF THIS BACK IN THE DAYS OF THE
BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO MANIPULATE US INTO THE IRAQ WAR.
BE CAREFUL WHICH WAY YOU GO WITH THE INTELLIGENCE BECAUSE
YOU MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT HAVE A JOB AFTERWARD.
NOW THEY ARE THREATENING ENTIRE DEPARTMENTS WHICH THE
REPUBLICANS HAVE RELIED ON AND QUOTED ENDLESSLY WHEN THEIR
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTS IN THE CBO WOULD COME OUT WHAT WAS
RIGHT AND WRONG WITH THE PROPOSAL*BASICALLY, THEY
TELL YOU THE CONSEQUENCES OF THOSE PROPOSALS AND THEN
YOU CAN MAKE VALUE JUDGMENTS ABOUT THAT.
BUT NOW THAT THEY ARE IN CHARGE, NO, WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING
NONPARTISAN.
HE ALSO PROPOSED WHAT HE BELIEVES WOULD BE A BETTER
STRATEGY AND ANALYZING THE CONSEQUENCE OF POLICY PROPOSALS.
HE BELIEVES THAT WE SHOULD ALLOW PARTISAN ORGANIZATIONS TO
COME UP WITH THEIR OWN ANALYSIS AND THEN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
WILL COME TOGETHER AND THEY WILL DECIDE WHERE THE TRUTH LIES.
OH YEAH, I'M SURE THAT WILL WORK OUT REAL GREAT.
BY THE WAY, I DON'T WANT PARTISAN ORGANIZATIONS
PLAYING A ROLE IN THE ANALYSIS.
I WANT LIBERAL OR CORGAN CONSERVATIVE ONES.
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THE CBO DID RIP OBAMA'S PROPOSALS WRITE UP A.
REPUBLICANS USE IT TO THEIR VANTAGE WHEN THEY ARGUE AGAINST
IT BUT NOW THE SUN THE CBO WAS PARTISAN GETS REPUBLICANS?
PLEASE.
HE SAYS THEY SHOULD USE THINK THINGS LIKE THE HERITAGE
FOUNDATION.
HOW TO WORK OUT GREAT DARK
LOOK, PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE SO-CALLED LIBERAL
THINK TANKS IS THAT THEY ARE ALSO LARGELY FUNDED BY
MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES.
THE RIGHT-WING ONES, NO ONE IS THINKING IN A THINK TANK
DOCK THEY HIRE PEOPLE WHO WILL AGREE TO THEIR PRECONCEIVED
PROPAGANDA.
THE WHOLE POINT OF A THINK TANK AND I NEED YOU TO
UNDERSTAND THIS ESPECIALLY THE RIGHT-WING ONES IS NOT TO
SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON PHILOSOPHERS.
IF YOU COME UP WITH AN HONEST OPINION THAT DOESN'T AGREE
WITH THE FUNDERS OF THE THINK TANK, THE LOVE ITÖ NO PROBLEM
WITH IT BECAUSE THEY WILL TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU THINK.
KNOW, THE THING THINGS ARE PROPAGANDA OUTLETS.
DOES MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES FUND THOSE
THINK TANKS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE PROPAGANDA THEY
CAN HAND PEOPLE LIKE MICK MULVANEY WHO COULD THEN
SLASH YOUR HEALTHCARE SO THAT THEY CAN GET RICH.
AND HE IS LIKE LET'S JUST USE THOSE.
WHY CAN'T WE JUST SUBSTITUTE FAXES PROPAGANDA WHICH IS
REPUBLICAN 101.