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BlueStreak

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23. This "$4 Billion" meme is bullshit. It makes us all look stupid

Reply to ehrnst (Original post)

Mon Oct 21, 2013, 11:25 AM

Oct 2013

It was $24 billion in GDP impact (and theoretical at that), not $24B in cost to the taxpayers or $24 cost to the government.

Everybody is out there with this bullshit: Stephanie Miller, Ed Shultz, the whole gang. And it shows either the most basic lack of understanding or else that we are just as deceptive with the facts as the right wing. It isn't doing us any favors.

It arguably could have been $1Bn - $2Bn in extra cost to the taxpayers / loss of tax revenues. And that is bad enough. We don't need to throw out bullshit numbers. Stick with the facts.

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You know the funniest thing about the Obamacare site glitches? [View all] ehrnst Oct 2013 OP

Kick! hedgehog Oct 2013 #1

K&R. Keep pointing that out! ffr Oct 2013 #2

K & R !!! WillyT Oct 2013 #3

Kick! n/t sheshe2 Oct 2013 #4

Yeah how about Foxnews discuss the 24 billion dollar shutdown by the Tea Party? Rex Oct 2013 #5

Snap Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2013 #6

Hilarious! SoapBox Oct 2013 #7

K & R! dchill Oct 2013 #8

Since This Work Was Contracted Out DallasNE Oct 2013 #9

+1 Although I am quite certain CGI will find a way to claim Live and Learn Oct 2013 #11

Correct, but not "punchy" enough to push back against CorpoMedia spin... annabanana Oct 2013 #14

Looks like contractors ripping us off to me... Privateers ho! grahamhgreen Oct 2013 #22

The company's a known quantity in that sense Posteritatis Oct 2013 #37

Teach It, John! Cha Oct 2013 #10

ya got dat right! flamingdem Oct 2013 #12

kicked/ rec'd/ tweeted/ facebooked/ emailed !!! annabanana Oct 2013 #13

NO MichaelKelley Oct 2013 #15

The GOP Shutdown cost the taxpayers 24 billion. (nt) ehrnst Oct 2013 #18

Wow, keepin it real! TxDemChem Oct 2013 #16

So true. And we'd like it BACK please. FailureToCommunicate Oct 2013 #17

If the Dems were smart this would be a TV ad tavernier Oct 2013 #19

GOP Noise Machine still Amping up non existent issues. HoosierCowboy Oct 2013 #20

K & R Scurrilous Oct 2013 #21

This "$4 Billion" meme is bullshit. It makes us all look stupid BlueStreak Oct 2013 #23

I've never seen or heard of the GDP qualifier. PotatoChip Oct 2013 #24

My point exactly. You have not heard that because Dems are out there misrepresenting facts BlueStreak Oct 2013 #28

You Are The First Person I've Seen That Was Confused DallasNE Oct 2013 #25

No. I am not confused. I know the difference between loss of economic activity BlueStreak Oct 2013 #26

I'm Saying That Your Strawman DallasNE Oct 2013 #33

Go look at the gtraphic in the OP. That is LITERALLY what it says, word for word. BlueStreak Oct 2013 #34

I Read That In The Context Of Republican Charges Being Throwing Back In Their Face Using DallasNE Oct 2013 #36

Does anyone smell a con in here? Stargazer99 Oct 2013 #29

The company that created the site gave more money to Republicans than Demos Stargazer99 Oct 2013 #27

Something to consider lark Oct 2013 #32

kick! hedgehog Oct 2013 #30

It wouldn't surprise me if the Heritage Foundation is Pryderi Oct 2013 #31

Hope they are checking carefully for republican-made glitches. juajen Oct 2013 #35