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Thread #123258   Message #2772345
Posted By: heric
24-Nov-09 - 02:25 AM
Thread Name: BS: US Health Care Reform
Subject: RE: BS: US Health Care Reform
You've got to watch out for those tea partier e-mails at least as much as the MoveOn etc stuff.

And two other things about that trillion or so over ten years and the money multiplier: Keep in mind that Medicare expenditures this year are about $484 billion. A trillion or so over ten years has a stimulus effect that is for more dispersed and sustained than a trillion or so to investment bankers and their friends over a year or two.