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Health care bill: huge costs, more taxes, national ID
the Cato Institute points out three “irrefutable facts” about the Baucus health care bill: The real cost of the bill is in excess of $2 trillion. The bill contains an enormous middle-class tax hike. The bill creates a national ID … Continue reading
Mandatory insurance is a tax
Some links to good articles on this: Sorry, O: It Is a Tax, Michael Tanner, Cato Health ‘Reform’ Is Income Redistribution, Michael Leavitt, Al Hubbard and Keith Hennessey, Wall Street Journal (via FIRM) Nobody Considers Health Insurance Mandates a Tax? … Continue reading
Taxing your beer for politically-controlled health care
Why would politicians do this? Because they view it as a worthwhile political investment for them. Beer drinkers are many, but are probably politically disorganized. Politicians will look like nice caring folks for “providing health care”, so it buys them … Continue reading