Jonathan Gruber Quotes

Ultimately, what may be needed to address the obesity problem are direct taxes on body weight.

— Jonathan Gruber

“Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage. Call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever, but basically, that was really, really critical for the thing to pass.”

— Jonathan Gruber

“If any American really believes that Obamacare is going to control costs, I've got some real estate in Whitewater, Arkansas I'd like to sell them.”

— Jonathan Gruber

“Exploiting the stupidity of the American voter is fun and easy: kinda like squeezing a lemon.”

— Jonathan Gruber

“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.”

— Jonathan Gruber

“P.T. Barnum said a sucker is born every minute, but his estimate was laughably low.”

— Jonathan Gruber

“When we're done with employer-based health insurance, it will have as much life in it as Jimmy Hoffa.”

— Jonathan Gruber

Are you really questioning the wisdom of central planning? Because the happy citizens of Cuba and North Korea beg to differ.

— Jonathan Gruber

“The typical American voter is so stupid, his dog teaches him tricks.”

— Jonathan Gruber

“The stupidity of the American voter is exceeded only by its slovenliness.”

— Jonathan Gruber

“If you're a state and you don't set up an exchange, that means your citizens don't get their tax credits.”

— Jonathan Gruber