http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070122/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_health_taxes
In my opinion, it's ludicris. Even if people receive "tax breaks" with the removal of employer health care insurance, the money received from the "tax break" would go to paying the outrageous cost of a PPO or HMO private health care inurance directly to the company versus indirectly having a smaller amount taken out of your salary. Hmmmm...just something to think about...read the article and tell me what you think.
2007-01-22 09:10:47 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Someone mentioned that I'm against working people and that's totally untrue. I'm all for tax breaks if they come without any strings attached. The string attached with his proposal is that the 160+ million Americans who depend on health care insurance to be provided by their employers (for themselves and their dependents) will no longer have this option. Instead, they will have to go online (or some government office) and search for their own ["not so"] affordable health care insurance. It's crazy. Have any of you ever searched for the price of health care insurance that wasn't frationalized based on your job. Yeah at work you may only hae $50 or $60/month removed for yourself and a little more if you have dependents, but without that you're looking at spending $130+/month for insurance not to mention rising prescription costs and dental.
2007-01-22 09:29:17 · update #1
Bush is trying to put up obstacles to employer health benefits by REMOVING the tax exemption of employer health plans while giving a tax deduction to single policy holders.
This breaks down the large group policies and allows the health insurers to more easily overcharge people as individual policies.
It's an attempt to hand a perk to his insurance industry donors while pretending to do something for consumers:
as always, look to what he tries to take away when he is pretending to give.
2007-01-22 09:26:23 · answer #1 · answered by oohhbother 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bush is trying to play catch up with arnie in the competetion for most beloved republican, too bad he doesn't stand a chance. but i do love how he is raising taxes, but then will claim, "the democrats only want to raise your taxes!!!"
2007-01-22 09:18:50 · answer #2 · answered by sapace monkey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thanks goodness he is giving me a tax break and the dems haven't started raising them---yet!
2007-01-22 09:15:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Too late, too little!
2007-01-22 09:19:36 · answer #4 · answered by markos m 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If think that you are against working people.
That's what I think.
2007-01-22 09:20:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋