ObamaCare Architect Jonathan Gruber, 2012: Hey, You Know, It's a Key Point of Obamacare that Only State Exchanges Get Federal Subsidies. This Is Intended to Induce/Compel All States Into Compliance.

Well lookie here.

What's important to remember politically about this is if you're a state and you don't set up an exchange, that means your citizens don't get their tax credits--but your citizens still pay the taxes that support this bill. So you're essentially saying [to] your citizens you’re going to pay all the taxes to help all the other states in the country. I hope that that's a blatant enough political reality that states will get their act together and realize there are billions of dollars at stake here in setting up these exchanges. But, you know, once again the politics can get ugly around this. [emphasis added]

He says this at around 31:45. Hit the link above for background, and evidence of how central this cat was to Obamacare.

By the way, when these challenges started working their way through the courts, Gruber changed his tune:

In early 2013, Gruber told the liberal magazine Mother Jones that the theory advanced by the challengers in this case was "nutty." Gruber also signed an amicus brief in defense of the administration and the IRS rule. But judging by the video it is quite clear that in 2012 he accepted the theory advanced by the challengers.

I wonder if anyone's ever been prosecuted for making false claims on a federal brief.

ObamaCare Architect Jonathan Gruber, 2012: Hey, You Know, It's a Key Point of Obamacare that Only State Exchanges Get Federal Subsidies. This Is Intended to Induce/Compel All States Into Compliance.&bodytext=Well lookie here. What's important to remember politically about this is if you're a state and you don't set up an exchange, that means your citizens don't get their tax credits--but your citizens still pay the taxes that support this...&topic=world_news"> posted by Ace at 09:50 AM

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