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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey
You are indeed saying that again, but why? I've been saying the same thing. And the reason they aren't is because we subsidize their care in our emergency rooms. Which is less efficient than bringing them into the system. Either way, people who can pay will subsidize people who can't, but now in a better way. Do you want the people who can afford it to not subsidize those who can't?
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No, what I want is everyone who has income to subsidize care, including those who make any amount. I do not support income redistribution as the current powers that be want to push a socialistic solution onto those who already pay the majority of the federal bills. All I want is to have every single person who makes any form of income at any level have an investment as the same proportion of their income. But to put it all on those who already have insurance or who make 2x or 3x or 4x more than x is completely a socialistic system of income redistribution. It is sort of like my kids and college. I make every one of them take out a personal loan for school so that they are invested in their education. Otherwise it is just a free ride and there is no incentive to do well or do better. Same goes for our current idea that at x income you pay little or nothing, but breech the threshold by one dollar and you suddenly pay a HUGE increase in the percentage of your income to people who pay nothing.
The current healthcare bill is a total fucking sham. It was continually sold as Deficit Neutral. I, among many others told you it was bullshit. But no it was sold as something completely different, deficit neutral. And now it turns out I was right. This Administration will bankrupt this country with it's spending practices and the healthcare bill is but one example of how we are going to become more divided and polarized as more and more spending bills are passed with not a single plan to pay for them. This Congress must be stopped at all costs.