The art of taxation, Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619-83), thecomptrollergeneral of finances, told Louis XIV before that king's spending got really out of hand, is to pluck from the goose the most feathers with the least hissing.
The ACA also requires that, in addition to the CO-OP boards, an unpaid federal CO-OP Advisory Board, made up of 15 members, be appointed by theComptrollerGeneral of the United States and serve until December 31, 2015.
In April Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, wrote to the comptroller-general accusing Mr Obama of passing campaign travel off as official events.