This is the top reccommended comment on Politico right now on an article on the Affordable Care Act. I'll admit the article got me feeling a bit down, but that all changed when I read the comments. It appears "socalphysicist" has it all figured out:
What do you think?
Of course, $1 million divided by 1 million is $1. $600 million divided by 30 million is $20, but the fact remains that government doesn't understand economics as well as Politico commenters.