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Originally Posted by Griff
This is where left and right use different language and think about things very differently. To those of us on the right a subsidy is when you get something not when the Feds fail to take something.
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The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is non-partisen. The link I gave above gives a pretty exhaustive analysis of the effect of the tax break on health insurance thing. (does calling it a "tax break" make you feel more comfortable?) If this is a subject that deeply concerns you, it's worth the read. They discuss a number of possible scenarios. For example:
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Based on the income of the taxpayer. Under this variant, only people with incomes above a certain threshold would face taxation on their employer’s contributions to the cost of their health insurance. For example, in one version estimated by CBO, the tax exclusion would be phased out for single persons with incomes above $80,000 and married couples with incomes above $160,000. CBO estimates that this option would raise $182 billion over five years and $552 billion over ten years. An alternative would be to use the income thresholds at which eligibility for Roth Individual Retirement Accounts begins to phase out — $105,000 for individuals and $166,000 for couples in 2009.
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Coming from the Right, how do you feel about the proposal above?