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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (16716)	4/12/2010 1:57:53 PM
From: John Koligman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

So your answers seem inconsistent to me. $85K for an old person vs $250K for other folks. I don't view the two as the same thing. Income tax vs paying for healthcare...

To: Lane3 who wrote (16716)	4/13/2010 3:25:36 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

In principle I like means testing more and more benefits from the government. In practice I don't like the way it can cause very large portions of the marginal dollar earned to go back to the government. In the right circumstances, progressive taxation combined with phase out of benefits and subsidies can mean that you actually are worse off by making a little extra money. That's not the norm, but even taking 60 to 80 percent of your next dollar harms the normal incentive people would have to produce and earn more.