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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (4775)2/22/2008 3:03:42 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
Tax cuts to the rich aren't a cost. They aren't an expenditure by the government, they are a lessening of government revenue. Going beyond the government to the country as a whole, tax cuts aren't "a freebie" (because they aren't a case of anyone giving anything to anyone else, either for free or not for free), but they are generally a net benefit.

Farm subsidies and government paid medical care generally are "freebies". Yes people pay taxes for both, often including the recipients. In a larger sense TANSTAAFL, they have to be paid for somehow, but often the recipients don't pay for it, or if they do pay some taxes for it they don't think much about that cost when they receive the benefit.

The health care benefits might require co-pays, so the care itself might not be "free", but the benefit recieved is a "freebie".
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