AP POLL: How to pay for health overhaul? Tax the rich

Started by garbon, November 17, 2009, 04:24:37 PM

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Malthus

Quote from: MadImmortalMan on November 19, 2009, 03:25:19 PM
Quote from: Berkut on November 19, 2009, 03:20:15 PM

Deposit boxes are a consumer good, and hence we collect sales tax on that, so this should be encouraged.

We should tax Ed Anger's money bin.



Heh, I'd hate to see what a man-sized duck would look like after it took a 20' head first dive into a pile of coins.  :D
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Josephus

Quote from: Malthus on November 19, 2009, 05:38:29 PM
Heh, I'd hate to see what a man-sized duck would look like after it took a 20' head first dive into a pile of coins.  :D

Do you ruin your son's night time stories this way? :D
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Malthus

Quote from: Josephus on November 19, 2009, 05:47:38 PM
Quote from: Malthus on November 19, 2009, 05:38:29 PM
Heh, I'd hate to see what a man-sized duck would look like after it took a 20' head first dive into a pile of coins.  :D

Do you ruin your son's night time stories this way? :D

Did you read my re-imagining of Thomas the Tank Engine;)
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Admiral Yi

Quote from: derspiess on November 19, 2009, 11:37:47 AM
Interesting.  Did that come from the CBO?
Yup.  I had the number wrong.  It should be 125.

The Minsky Moment

Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 18, 2009, 08:02:39 PM
They've released financing details of the Senate version.  There were four things mentioned, unfortunately I can only remember two.  Decrease in Medicare payments and an increase in Medicare taxes for people $250K +.

And apparently the Senate version *decreases* the deficit by somthing like 132 billion over 10 years.

The Senate Bill can also cut through a tin can, and then still cut a tomato paper thin.
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MadImmortalMan

I saw it was something like 800 billion in spending but only 370 billion in tax increases.
"Stability is destabilizing." --Hyman Minsky

"Complacency can be a self-denying prophecy."
"We have nothing to fear but lack of fear itself." --Larry Summers

Admiral Yi

Louisiana gets $100 million in Medicare funds to buy Mary Landreau's vote.

Caliga

Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 20, 2009, 06:56:26 PM
Louisiana gets $100 million in Medicare funds to buy Mary Landreau's vote.
I'm actually surprised more Senators didn't pretend to be "undecided" so they could get handouts for their peeps like she did.
0 Ed Anger Disapproval Points

KRonn

Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 20, 2009, 06:56:26 PM
Louisiana gets $100 million in Medicare funds to buy Mary Landreau's vote.
I know, Louisiana purchase number two! It would be funny if this kind of thing weren't so expensive for taxpayers, and as far as I'm concerned, a corruption of the system. Dems or Repubs.

Caliga

0 Ed Anger Disapproval Points

Vince

Quote from: MadImmortalMan on November 19, 2009, 03:25:19 PM
Quote from: Berkut on November 19, 2009, 03:20:15 PM

Deposit boxes are a consumer good, and hence we collect sales tax on that, so this should be encouraged.

We should tax Ed Anger's money bin.



We really need to figure out where he keeps his #1 Dime too.  :shifty:

Fate

Quote from: KRonn on November 23, 2009, 02:37:29 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 20, 2009, 06:56:26 PM
Louisiana gets $100 million in Medicare funds to buy Mary Landreau's vote.
I know, Louisiana purchase number two! It would be funny if this kind of thing weren't so expensive for taxpayers, and as far as I'm concerned, a corruption of the system. Dems or Repubs.

Yeah, it's not like money directed specifically at New Orleans has any useful purpose. What ever happened to personal responsibility?

Ed Anger

Quote from: Vince on November 23, 2009, 05:05:26 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on November 19, 2009, 03:25:19 PM
Quote from: Berkut on November 19, 2009, 03:20:15 PM

Deposit boxes are a consumer good, and hence we collect sales tax on that, so this should be encouraged.

We should tax Ed Anger's money bin.



We really need to figure out where he keeps his #1 Dime too.  :shifty:

Buried in the backyard.
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MadImmortalMan

Quote from: Fate on November 23, 2009, 05:31:46 PM
Quote from: KRonn on November 23, 2009, 02:37:29 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 20, 2009, 06:56:26 PM
Louisiana gets $100 million in Medicare funds to buy Mary Landreau's vote.
I know, Louisiana purchase number two! It would be funny if this kind of thing weren't so expensive for taxpayers, and as far as I'm concerned, a corruption of the system. Dems or Repubs.

Yeah, it's not like money directed specifically at New Orleans has any useful purpose. What ever happened to personal responsibility?

Putting it in the freezer is pretty useful, IMO.

"Stability is destabilizing." --Hyman Minsky

"Complacency can be a self-denying prophecy."
"We have nothing to fear but lack of fear itself." --Larry Summers