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| Democrats Open to Raising Medicare Tax to Fund Health Overhaul |
| 2010-01-06 |
| Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
| #5 ION FT.COM > US PUBLIC PENSIONS FACE US$2000.0BILYUHN DEFICIT [aka US$2.0TRILYUHN]. versus PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > ["Prospect" Magz] INDIA'S MIDDLE CLASS FAILURE |INDIA'S 300MILYUHN-Person MIDDLE CLASS IS A FARCE. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-01-06 20:57 |
| #4 the proposal is an new 0.9% tax on income over $200k (of $250k for a couple filing jointly) this would probably increase the medicare receipts by at least 70% of course it would hit states like NY, MA, MD, NJ and CA hard because of the number of people in this income group |
| Posted by: lord garth 2010-01-06 15:27 |
| #3 The Medicare "Trust Fund" will be bankrupt in 2017 anyway. This might postpone it, what, 2 years? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-01-06 15:00 |
| #2 For every percentage point the Medicare tax is raised on working people, government employees pay double and elected representatives pay 10-fold. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2010-01-06 14:55 |
| #1 I'd favor a 99% Medicare tax on bonus payments awarded to Goldman Sachs workers. Fair's fair, after all. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-01-06 13:49 |