As NPR reports, the CBO's projection of Obamacare's impact on jobs is not pretty. Remember, the CBO's job is to project the cost of legislation Congress has passed or is considering.
As we have discussed in class, both parties have a tendency to use their own numbers to support their claims. What this story also highlights is that even the CBO numbers -- which, despite coming from a non-partisan, official congressional agency -- are often politicized.
Its interesting: While Republicans have recently had a tendency to dismiss the CBO numbers (or outright attack it), they will surely be using these new numbers in their 2014 campaigns. Likewise, while the Democrats have recently been using CBO numbers to claim Obamacare victories, the White House is now downplaying and disputing the recent report.
Of course, while "non-partisan" and "official" numbers are often better than the alternatives, that doesn't mean they are always correct.
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