Talk:Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993

message: The below sentence, which I've put in italicized text, was moved from the article to this page for the following reasons: 1. It is a misleading claim; the ref tag leads to an article which says (at the end) that it was authored by a partisan source, David Obey (D-WI congressional representative), not to the NON-partisan CBO: The bill "has been credited" as being so wonderful NOT by the CBO as claimed by a Wikipedia contributor, it was credited as being so wonderful by one of the congressmen who passed it, David Obey (and Obey has failed to cite the CBO properly, I might add, thus we have a "broken link in the chain" and this cannot be verifiably or credibly traced to any CBO publications). 2. My trained scientific eye ;-) notices that Mr. Obey manipulates (what he purports to be) the CBO's numbers by removing "entitlement costs lower" and treats it as a separate entity from "Republican Congresses (budgetary effect of legislation passed 1995-present)" despite that, for example, welfare reform after 1994 was a major cause of those "entitlement costs lower": Of course, by treating it as a separate entity, Mr. Obey removes credit from where credit is due, i.e. credit is due to the "budgetary effect of legislation passed 1995-present". The bill, which both raised taxes and cut government spending, has been credited as the major cause behind the deficit reduction and eventual surpluses during the 1990s, by sources such as the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office. Please show an actual ref to CBO instead of a partisan congressman patting himself on the back (he was in the 1992-1994 congress that he is giving 100% of the credit to).
This section of the article needs to be removed or reworded as it draws a conclusion with no actual evidence. It's merely an opinion. It does not address how the internet boom of the 1990's (along with Day trading) caused US tax revenues to swell, which is more of an explanation for the budget surplus, than Clinton's tax increase.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flyboy1974 (talk • contribs) 14:58, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: "CBO" citation removed for 2 reasons.

message: How in the world can anyone say - with a straight face - that Clinton only 'raised taxes' on the 'top 2%' of wage earners - when the same article says he raised the gas tax 4.3%? Am I to assume the middle class doesn't buy gas?
Let's not forget: Paul Tsongas first broached the gas tax in the 1992 Democratic primaries. Clinton tore into him on it - and then changed his tune once elected. The irony of the whole thing is that Bush 41 got beat over the head for 'read my lips' even though he held out for a budget cycle; Clinton said, "Not only will I not raise your taxes, I'll cut them" - and broke it before he'd even been President-elect for a month.
71.170.223.180 19:24, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Who paid more taxes due to this bill?

message: I'm surprised the article made no mention of the Medicaid recovery provision. Yes, the government can, in some cases, seize your home if you received Medicaid after age 55. Look it up. Oknevermind (talk) 22:15, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Medicaid Recovery