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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ldo79 who wrote (68096)	7/9/2009 10:24:56 AM
From: tonto	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224858

One had to be extremely naïve to put it politely if they believed Obama and his plans to spend so much more money while only taxing the rich. Everyone is going to pay more to support the Obama spending agenda. Too bad reality is finally settling in now.

To: ldo79 who wrote (68096)	7/9/2009 11:39:56 AM
From: MJ	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224858

Mark that last paragraph----- "The appeal of Baucus's proposed tax on health benefits was the amount of money it could raise. Currently, employer-provided health benefits are not taxed, regardless of how generous they are. One version of it would tax health benefits that exceed the value of the basic insurance plan offered to federal workers, raising about $420 billion over the next decade, according to ,ithe nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation. But limiting it to individuals making more than $100,000 a year and couples making more than $200,000 would raise only $162 billion. The math illustrates how difficult it is to raise enough money to pay for expensive programs, when tax increases are limited to the wealthy." MJ Comment: Of course the math illustrates how difficult it is to raise enough money to pay for expensive programs-------what the math illustrates is that we cannot afford these expensive programs. The math illustrates that the expensive programs should be eliminated. The Democrats are practicing voodoo math----can't even dignify their solutions with calling it mathematics.