http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2009/10/there-is-no-baucus-bill.html
The internet is alive with the sound of people analyzing the CBO's "scoring" of the Max Baucus aka Senate Finance Committee Health Care Bill. Before everyone gets too deeply into their thoughts, please keep in mind the following (get ready, all CAPS, bold, indented signifies a really important concept):
THERE IS NO BAUCUS BILL.
The CBO scored the concepts described by the Baucus Committee. There is no legislative text. None. Baucus and his Democratic colleagues refused to reduce their concepts to actual legislation prior to a vote. Here is the CBO's disclaimer:
CBO and JCT’s analysis is preliminary in large part because the Chairman’s mark, as amended, has not yet been embodied in legislative language.
The Baucus Concepts are disastrous, but that's for another point.Your esteemed Senators on the Senate Finance Committee will not be voting on legislation because there is no legiuslation to vote on.
Your esteemed Senators have so little respect for you that some of them are willing to vote in favor of legislation which does not exist.
The actual legislation will be drafted in secret by Harry Reid and a few other people, including staffers whose names and political connections you never will know, and the resulting legislation will be rammed through the Senate and House before anyone gets to read and analyze it.
Months of debate mean nothing. It's all smoke and mirrors by people who think you are too stupid to realize what is going on.
--------------------------------------------Related - There is a House Bill HR3200 and a Senate HELP Committee Bill, so take a look at some of these posts.Bureaucracy Expansion Act of 2009
IRS The New Health Care Enforcer
Taxing Your Mere Existence
Health Care Tax Insanity Chronicles, Part 3 (IRS To Decide Amount of Taxation)
Get Rid of the Mandate
