Gruber walked away from both the convoluted law and the tough hearing with a bank account stuffed full of taxpayer dollars. Gruber appeared contrite about the statements, saying in his written testimony, "In excerpts of these videos I am shown making a series of glib, thoughtless and sometimes downright insulting comments." He also apologized for the statements, which he further testified were "inexcusable," "inappropriate" and based on his own political "conjecture." But the fact is, Mr. That came back to bite him this week, as bipartisan committee members grilled the consultant over his comments and the law. Gruber, you may recall, was caught on tape saying the Affordable Care Act was intentionally written with convoluted language and a lack of transparency so the "stupid American voter," (his words, not ours) would not know what was in it. That committee is charged with holding government accountable to the American taxpayers, Chairman Darrell Issa, R-California, explained to attendees. Gruber, who was a critical player in the development of the Affordable Care Act - or "Obamacare" - was knocked down a couple of pegs during a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. WAS IT arrogant for MIT Economics professor and well-paid political consultant Jonathan Gruber to refer to the American voters as "stupid?" We know our vote, but we'll let you decide.
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