Fantasy In News Today

Another republican who ran the c cbo after you wrote, the cbo is indispensable, but it doesnt always get it right because its forced by law to provide assumptions. fantasy in, fantasy out. is he right? >> well, we all know that certain pieces of legislation cant continue unchanged. for example, social security and medicare are going to run out of money in a decade or two. and cbo has to assume that the payments are going to continue. so there are sort of requirements that adhere to rules that th...

They deliver to the white house and congress the information they need. the budget committee is going to vote out the cbo score on how much the legislation will cost and business will go on. >> do you think that the white house has an argument here? in 2010 you said about running this organization, "it doesnt always get it right the first time." you wrote an opinion piece in "the new york times" and said "its required to not secretary guess the plausibility of what it is handed, so fantasy in, f...

Job destroyer, this healthcare reform teal. and on top of that the idea that it reduces the deficit, i saw where a former cbo director says dont be mad at cbo because they have to score it like congress gives them and he says fantasy in, fantasy out. you have to believe in cinderella if you think this is going to reduce the deficit. in fact, its a 2 trillion or more dollars -- >> neil: what are you challenging when you hop on with florida, the requirement that everyone pay for healthcare? >> tha...

York times" sunday, and lets read a little of what you wrote and ask but it, douglas. how can the budget office give a green light to a bill that commits the federal government to spending nearly $1 trillion more over the next ten years? the answer, unfortunately, is that the budget office is required to take written legislation at face value and not second-guess the plausibility of what it is handed. so fantasy in, fantasy out. so some might say, hey, this is just sour grapes, republicans like,...

Roll over and take it? because yes, its passed, but they feel so strongly about it. and it affects so much of our economy. that is why i think theyre saying its not over. theres more we can do and were going to fight to the death. >> its not about rolling over, nobody is saying anybody should roll over but want to argue, argue on points, what do they object to, whats the alternative plan. megyn: you know the answer to that already. >> they ran in congress -- ran the congress for how many years a...

Happen this year are terrific. for one thing, seniors who go into that part of medicare called the doughnut hole where they dont have any coverage for their prescription drugs will get a rebate starting in the fall to help them purchase their prescription drugs. small businesses will begin to get tax credits this year. so we know that a lot of small businesses struggle to provide health insurance. that will come from the treasury department. so the doughnut hole will be closed by hss. so all the...