CBO's Obamacare Figures Just Don't Work For Dems

Obamacare Figures Just Don't Work For Dems
US President Barack Obama speaks at Michigan State University in Lansing, Michigan, on February 7, 2014 before signing the bipartisan Agriculture Act of 2014 into law. The five-year $956.4 billion measure, which also reforms the food stamp program for the poor to save $8 billion, marks a rare point of cooperation among bitterly divided lawmakers. AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
US President Barack Obama speaks at Michigan State University in Lansing, Michigan, on February 7, 2014 before signing the bipartisan Agriculture Act of 2014 into law. The five-year $956.4 billion measure, which also reforms the food stamp program for the poor to save $8 billion, marks a rare point of cooperation among bitterly divided lawmakers. AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

The Congressional Budget Office is a rare Washington creation—a non-partisan governmental entity with a politically sensitive mission. CBO is tasked with forecasting the impact of current government policies on future government revenues. This task, which is difficult enough, entails predicting what lies ahead for the U.S. economy.

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