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Incorrect.
They're talking about a 15% payroll tax increase. That's not the same thing as an income tax increase.
Anyway.... Given a choice between 15% payroll taxes, and having to pay insurance premiums? I'm guessing that for most people, the tax will wind up as a better deal.
That's entirely possible. Let's run a few numbers off the top of my head. Someone who makes $48,000 would have to pay 48,000/12*0.15 = $600/month. That's well within the range of existing insurance premiums, for a system that may actually favor the patient instead of the big insurance companies. Or someone who makes ten times that much would be paying $6000/month, but anyone who feels that people who make half a million bucks a year can't pay a little extra is not going to get a listening ear from me.