““[Obamacare] was almost the perfect example of politics in the Bubble Era, where the time horizon for anyone with real power is always close to zero, long-term thinking is an alien concept, and even the most massive and ambitious undertakings are motivated entirely by short-term rewards. A radical reshaping of the entire economy, for two election cycles’ worth of campaign cash – that was what this bill meant. It sounds absurdly reductive to say so, but there’s no other explanation that makes any sense.””
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![“It's the spring of 2012, that the [Barak] Obama administration would be embracing the argument that the Affordable Care Act was a tax, and that was going to, itself, be a political albatross.” quote by Donald Verrilli Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/709/donald-verrilli-jr-17929_administration_it-s-the-spring-of-2012-that-the-barak-o_2234825.jpg)
![“The Congressional Record will forever show that [Obamacare] was passed in a romper room of overgrown children seemingly barely old enough to keep from peeing on themselves.” quote by Matt Taibbi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a38/matt-taibbi-2257_children_the-congressional-record-will-forever-sh_26786.jpg)
