Other places to discuss US News and Politics that don’t endorse a political science charlatan’s attempt to shift the overton window to the right:
Other places to discuss US News and Politics that don’t endorse a political science charlatan’s attempt to shift the overton window to the right:
The header is misleading. Read the article and the details of that research. To make it work they propose to add 3.75% sales tax on everything except necessities, wealth tax for >$1mil net worth, tax capital gains as ordinary income, and keep existing Medicare paycheck tax same and employers contributions but slightly smaller.
It might be fairer system, and it will be more humane system for lower middle income folks who cannot afford health insurance and don’t qualify for Medicaid.
But it’s a lot of new taxes. They say that for top 20% earners the net healthcare cost will be higher. And all the lobbying from insurance business… i just don’t see this could pass.
We either:
pay $3,240,000,000,000 to the middle men/corpos/yacht funds every year
pay $2,930,000,000,000 to the government to provide actual service without bullshit denials of service
The cost is overall less, but shifted to taxes, which is how basically every other country that has their shit together does it. The choice is pretty obvious for anybody even slightly paying attention.
Anyone who cares doesn’t matter.
Health care is already a lot of “tax”. I am paying $2200 a month for my family.