I have a different view:
Our president gets a yearly medical checkup. Former presidents' wife goes to the hospital for a few days because she is not feeling well. The rest of us muddle along the best we can. Anyone against guaranteed health care equal to or exceeding what our elected officials provide for themselves should pay for their own. Before a business of any size can pay higher than average salaries, bonuses, dividends on their stock, do any capital expenditures they should be required to pay into a fund for the health care of their employees. Otherwise the taxpayers (ME!!!) are subsidizing the business. Talk about bailouts.
Another result that folks will be surprised about will be what the government does to cut costs. I predict any behavior that increases the spread of sexually transmitted diseases will become criminalized because they increase the demand for health care. Any behavior that increases charges to welfare such as dropping out of school before graduation, pregnancy outside of marriage which practically guarantees the girl and baby live on welfare will also be criminalized. Smoking and failing to obey government mandates on healthy work environments will become criminalized. We may need a second revolution.
But every business must provide health care for their employees because if they do not I must. If the increased costs cause them to go out of business, so be it. Someone else, with a better mousetrap will replace them. The key is to cut costs and cut taxes.
Thanks, John Jenkins
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Gatlinburg, TN
Email: jrjenki@gmail.com
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Martin Luther King
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Grover W. Hastings <gwh1206@comcast.net> wrote:
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From: "Gwen Warren" <bb78@bellsouth.net>
Date: April 7, 2010 12:19:54 PM CDTTo: "Gwen Warren" <bb78@bellsouth.net>
Subject: 13 ways the healthcare bill changes the tax code
· The tax on employer-provided health care benefits will start next year. This will cause a huge increase in the taxable income of anyone who has those benefits.· This year tanning beds, next year McDonald's. Once "Big Brother" determines it's unhealthy, they can tax it, and you can't stop it. But, by golly, those sex change operations are a necessity and will be fully funded.· Raising the deductibility of out-of-pocket healthcare costs places a giant tax burden on the elderly and the sick. What a terrible target group. My own 95-year old father will now have to pay taxes because not all of his current $68,000 a year in medical expenses will be deductible.· Employers are penalized for not joining the national healthcare system and staying in the private sector. Drink the kool-aid, people. It's really good for you.And you thought the healthcare bill was about healthcare . . . really?!Gwen Warren615.672.1316This message is intended only for the addressee and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or accountant work product. If you have received this message in error, do not read, copy, retain or disseminate this message or any attachment. Please call the sender immediately at (615)672-1315 and delete all copies of the message and any attachment. Neither the transmission of this message or any attachment, nor any error in transmission shall constitute waiver of any applicable legal privilege. Further, in order to comply with certain U.S. Treasury regulations, rules and statutes please be advised that unless expressly stated to the contrary, any U.S. federal tax advice contained in this e-mail, including attachments, is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, by any person for the purpose of avoiding any taxes, penalties or interest that may be imposed by the Internal Revenue Service.
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