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

To: Alastair McIntosh who wrote (16965)	4/17/2010 11:55:13 AM
From: Alighieri	Respond to of 42652

I'm sure that this isn't quite accurate as those in the 90th to 99th percentile will have some tax hit. Look at the table...if the calculations are accurate, the worst case liability on 50%-95% of the population is a worst case $997. Al

To: Alastair McIntosh who wrote (16965)	4/17/2010 12:01:18 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

That would mean that the population between the 50th and 99th percentile would not be affected by the legislation If you read the link you would find that those between the fifth and ninth decile end up just a bit on the contributor rather than receiver side. There are detailed tables there if you're interested. If so, the bill should only be opposed by 1% of the population except for those who are opposed to any form of income redistribution. Cynic! <g> That assumes people vote their immediate financial self interest, not long term concerns or principle. You're probably mostly right--folks do have a nasty tendency to look at "what's in it for me"-- but it still seems cynical. The cynical extension of that is the assumption by proponents that opponents must be selfish. I saw one of our thread participants post that on another thread just the other day. I and a wide cynical streak, too, but I find this a bit too much. (I already computed, just out of curiosity, and posted, my expected impact. I figure it will cost me about $1000/yr. Most of that is in the loss of the medical income tax deduction. Once it's in full effect, there will be the increased cost of health coverage on top of that, however much that turns out to be. I assure you that my personal hit had absolutely nothing to do with my position on the legislation. My POV came straight from the perspective of a disinterested system designer.)