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

To: Lane3 who wrote (16958)	4/17/2010 10:05:36 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

Spreading the Wealth via Heathcare Reform I have long said that one of the prime motives for healthcare reform had nothing to do with health per se but rather was a desire by those on the left for greater redistribution of income. The Tax Foundation has now put some numbers to that proposition for the recently passed bill. Roughly speaking, the top 1 percent of the population pays an additional $50,000 in taxes because of this legislation, and each of the bottom 50 percent gets about $1000 in benefits. Click here for the more complete description. gregmankiw.blogspot.com taxfoundation.org

To: Lane3 who wrote (16958)	4/17/2010 10:54:39 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 42652

"But I find it frightening that a president can, at the stroke of a pen, dictate policy at practically every hospital in the country. This is possible because of federal funding of health care via Medicaid and Medicare." Obama thinks he is a king, you libs would go nuts if Bush tried it. and Obama does it on everyhing