The words people use tell us a lot about the true message of a document or group, this has never been more true than in the healthcare bill that the Democrats and President Obama are trying to force on the American people. The American Taxpayers Union has the details:
“For example, in Reid’s bill, the words “tax” and “taxes” appear 200 times. “Regulations” 192 times. In contrast, “choice” and “options” appear 26 and 40 times, respectively.”
I am not surprised at all, with the Democrats constantly pushing bigger government and taking away our choices and freedoms, we shouldn’t be surprised when they try to pass ever more taxing and draconian legislation. We should, however, push back and replace them as the populace realizes they made a mistake in 2008 and moves to correct it by electing common sense conservative Republicans in 2010 and beyond.
In case you wanted more details on all of the new taxes the Democrats are using to make the big number all the news stations are using a little smaller (ie more taxes counteract the huge amount of spending), here are just a few of the details from the Joint Committee on Taxation(summarized in the WSJ):
- Tax on high-end health insurance plans: $149.1 billion
- Capping flexible spending accounts at $2,500: $14.6 billion
- Fees for drug makers: $22.2 billion
- Fees for medical device makers: $19.3 billion
- Fees for health insurance companies: $60.4 billion
- Higher floor for deducting medical expenses: $15.2 billion
- Higher payroll tax for top earners: $53.8 billion
- Tax on cosmetic surgery: $5.8 billion
Who will actually pay all these taxes? Us! The companies will just raise their prices to pay for the taxes. It’s not passed yet thought! Call your Senators today!
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I haven’t visited GOP3 in quite some time, but has ALL of the logic been depleted from the writing here? The ATU’s observation is cute, but meaningless. LOTS of bills make much more mention of the words tax, taxes, and regulation than the words choice and options. Republican bills that seek to lower taxes, for instance, will make lots of mention of these words.
Republicans have some very valid reasons to oppose this bill. Raising the number of times particular words are mentioned as an issue, however, is pointless and rather logically rudimentary.