Originally Posted By: Kanektok Kid

Less than the 10 year CBO projections for the cost of the Bush Prescription Drug Plan.........


I find $410B as the 10-year cost of the drug plan or 3.41B/month (nothing fancy in this math, no discount rate/inflation). The Afghanistan & Iraq numbers (which I didn't search super hard to find support for, these from Feb '10) are 6.7B/month and 5.5B/month respectively.

So I don't see your numbers, KK. Both are really FRICKIN' expensive, but wars > Part D by my math.

The BIG JOKE here is that again, going by CBO scores, the "Obamacare"
numbers are effectively flat at 0, in the updated scoring from May.. That's right, FLAT. Zero.

The Tea Party should be out screaming about the PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFIT ($41B/yr) not HCR ($0/yr). I'll leave it to you all to decide if you think the Tea Party is really about deficit reduction.


Edited by IrishRogue (11/11/10 11:47 PM)
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