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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: John Koligman who wrote (3368)	12/18/2007 3:05:53 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 42652

Since the rich are pulling further and further ahead in terms of income gains, I think they should help fund things LIKE universal healthcare, and pay more in a progressive tax system. Extra taxes on those in high incomes, doesn't hurt the rich as much as it hurts the people who are becoming rich, or who are trying to become rich. That's in terms of the direct effect. Indirectly it hurts most people, as you reduce the incentive for hard work and risk taking among those most capable of cre PS - It sounds like this is an alien thought to you, but yes, there is SOMETHING wrong when people can make billions of dollars and pay less on that money than the average working person. That thought isn't alien to me. It was even one of the suggested arguments I listed that you could make. But you didn't actually make it until now. I agree with the thought in general terms, but I think other people should pay less, rather than having the currently rich pay more. Also most rich people do pay more, not less, in fact often a lot more (low income people basically pay zero or even negative income tax).

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