When they initially estimated how much Medicare would cost the American taxpayer, they projected about 25 years and they said that Medicare would cost $12 billion in the year 1990. In fact, it ended up costing $110 billion, nine times the original estimate.
Senator Johnson highlights the inaccuracies in Medicare cost projections.
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I mean, that is shocking, and they knew it. They knew it, they're not that stupid. They're just that devious to play with the statistics that way to misinform, to lie to the American public.
I personally am glad, I don’t care who the president is or what party, I will generally support that president reducing spending. And I’d applaud it.
That’s a 200,000-vote differential. That’s what ought to concern Tom Tiffany, and of course he’s not gonna run against Francesca Hong; he’s probably going to have a more formidable opponent.
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