tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post5555795938573800756..comments2023-12-18T12:18:21.824-05:00Comments on POLITIZINE.COM: Health care thoughts ...Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248633195693368939noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post-80984933521106745502009-09-14T19:52:07.578-04:002009-09-14T19:52:07.578-04:00Don't forget that health insurance cost's ...Don't forget that health insurance cost's so much because there is no longer a free market involved. I cannot buy the insurance I want. I have to purchase the insurance the government tells me I can. NH has 26 pages of insurance mandates that include gastric bypass and fertility treatment. I'm a former Marine, in great shape, and have children. I don't need gastric bypass or fertility treatment. I cannot buy insurance without those coverages. I can't buy insurance across state lines. WHY! The restrictions and mandages have driven almost all of the insurance carriers out of the state (there are two left willing to sell insurance). I guarantee you if I could buy the policy I wanted from who I wanted to, it would cost alot less!<br /><br />Sorry, the marxist class warfare stuff doesn't work with me. Don't forget, although the wealthiest .01% may have made more money last year, they also pay a very large percentage of the taxes in this country. My question is, how much is enough, 50%, 60%, 90% ?? I pay nearly a quarter of my income in just federal income taxes. Then I hand over another 15% to my state in property taxes. Add up the gas tax, rooms and meals tax, real estate transfer tax, vehicle registration taxes, and I pay almost 50% of my income in taxes. So my question is, when is it enough? I already work the first 5 months out of the year and hand every penny to some level of government. Should it be 6 months? 7? The entire year?jeremynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post-1917601847897041152009-09-14T09:52:33.564-04:002009-09-14T09:52:33.564-04:00Thanks, Tony!
Well, as Doug Henwood pointed out:
...Thanks, Tony!<br /><br />Well, as Doug Henwood pointed out:<br /><br />"The richest 0.01%, about 30,000 people, saw their income rise by 25%." from 1999 to 2007.<br /><br />See: http://doughenwood.wordpress.com/2009/09/13/radio-commentary-september-10-2009/<br /><br />He also has some good points on Obama's health care pay off to the insurance companies.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15792214612388638186noreply@blogger.com