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 Post subject: Re: GOP Debate on CNN.
PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:01 pm  
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I've got a great idea for creating competition! A plan thy the govt will provide at drastically lower prices andnlimite coverage forcing the companies to drop thir prices accordingly! I think I will call it a... Public option! Yay!

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Also, it's not like the poor people aren't paying their taxes. They pay a fair share based on what they can afford. Therefore, they are paying for others. Taxes pay for things that we all use, why not healthcare? Oh, you mean people below the poverty line, you will only pay for them if they pay taxes like more fortunate people? Do you even listen to yourselves? How is this much pretentiousness even allowed any more! Get off your high horses, stop pretending like that's where you belong because you stick out like sore thumbs.


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 Post subject: Re: GOP Debate on CNN.
PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:07 pm  
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I dont see how competing with the government leads to good business practices. Fedex and UPS both do much better service than the USPS, and the USPS loses money hand over fist from what ive heard. Oh the gov't health care company isn't turning a profit? better suck more taxes out for it. tax payers end up paying for it either way.

it's not much of an option if its really just the same thing, only much less efficient.


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 Post subject: Re: GOP Debate on CNN.
PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:10 pm  
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Public Option is the trojan horse precursor to a single-payer system. How do you expect the government to fairly compete on a level playing field when the government would be both the team and the referee? Why should tax payers (who may not elect for the public option) be forced to pay for the public option with their tax dollars? Health care is already expensive... why should someone have to pay twice?
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 Post subject: Re: GOP Debate on CNN.
PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:17 pm  
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Jubbergun wrote:
I can't find the 2000 breakdown again, I'll have to check my history when I get back home tonight, but the best example of the 2008 stat breakdowns is http://ntu.org/tax-basics/who-pays-income-taxes.html.

Since we're talking about federal taxes, I didn't include "other" taxes in with it. State/local taxes, when combined with the federal taxes, will by necessity make the numbers less progressive. This is because states, unlike the federal government, do not have a 'captive audience.' Look at California and New York, two states losing high-income tax payers who are opting to leave those states for states with friendlier tax codes. If you look up the stats for job/population growth, you're going to see the states with heavily progressive income tax codes are losing population (Anthony Weiner's congressional district may disappear because NY lost a congressional district) while states like FL, with no income tax at all, are becoming more populous.

New York has become so desperate that it sends a tax bill to people who have moved out of the state over a decade ago (one famous example)...then audits non-residents to make them prove they're really non-residents. They also, if I'm not mistaken, levy an income tax on non-residents who work in the state (no taxation without representation, amirite?).


So I didn't include "other taxes" because I'm not discussing "other taxes." Kind of like how I don't say "wealth" when I'm really talking about "income."

Also food for thought: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304259304576375951025762400.html?mod=djemEditorialPage_h

It's meaningless to talk about the fairness of the tax system based on only one type of tax people pay, because nobody pays just that one tax or benefits only from the services paid for by that one tax. When you look at the overall US tax system, it's hard to argue that it's unfair to rich people.

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I dont see how competing with the government leads to good business practices. Fedex and UPS both do much better service than the USPS, and the USPS loses money hand over fist from what ive heard. Oh the gov't health care company isn't turning a profit? better suck more taxes out for it. tax payers end up paying for it either way.

it's not much of an option if its really just the same thing, only much less efficient.

The US government is actually quite good at providing efficient health care. The VHA system is considered better than private hospitals and cheaper than private insurance, and is run entirely by the government.


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 Post subject: Re: GOP Debate on CNN.
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Usdk wrote:
I dont see how competing with the government leads to good business practices. Fedex and UPS both do much better service than the USPS, and the USPS loses money hand over fist from what ive heard.


False, false and false.


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 Post subject: Re: GOP Debate on CNN.
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Eturnalshift wrote:
Public Option is the trojan horse precursor to a single-payer system. How do you expect the government to fairly compete on a level playing field when the government would be both the team and the referee? Why should tax payers (who may not elect for the public option) be forced to pay for the public option with their tax dollars? Health care is already expensive... why should someone have to pay twice?


Well, it's beyond dispute that other countries do this and it works better than what we have, so...

The point isn't that the government "competes". It's that it establishes an option of last resort - a floor instead of a bottomless pit.


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 Post subject: Re: GOP Debate on CNN.
PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 3:41 pm  
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A prime example of the fuck you, got mine contention that I associate with most republicans. Helping out those less fortunate than us is our moral duty.


Funny, I thought one of the most important tenets of modern liberalism was that "you can't legislate morality."

So now that morality is an impetus for government action, are religious conservatives really such bad people for wanting to get rid of abortion? They're just abiding by their "moral duty," you know?

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If nothing else, you are helping out your fellow citizens, which is 100000% more patriotic than killing terrorists, shouting USA slogans while waving a flag, and pretty much anything else you can think of. And isn't that something the conservatives like to tout? Their so-called "Americanism"? Please, you guys speak out of both sides of your mouth so much that it is infuriating.


As much as I'd like to help a brutha out, my parents weren't rich. I'm not rich. I got my own problems, I don't need to bear some other guy's burdens until I've lightened my own pack. It's easy to talk about helping people out when you've got everything covered, it's a different reality when you have to scrape every now and again, and then spend time playing catch-up when you finally do get things lined up the way you'd like.

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In regards to your analogy, taxing =/= imprisonment, but then again I am speaking to dumbasses who think healthcare for everyone = govt death panels...


I'm not going to say we'll have 'death panels,' but there is going to be rationing of care at some level...and that level is probably going to involve old people just because so much of what is spent on health care is spent in the last 20% of a person' life.

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 Post subject: Re: GOP Debate on CNN.
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Laelia wrote:
It's meaningless to talk about the fairness of the tax system...

No, it's not, because it's not "the" tax system, it's the federal tax system, which is separate from state/local tax systems. State/local codes vary to a degree that it's impossible to make any sort of large-scale comparison. That's not the case with the federal code,which is uniform across the entirety of the US regardless of locality. Muddying the argument with conflicting, ancillary data is just another sign of the kind of lazy thinking that sees people using "wealth" and "income" interchangeably.

Laelia wrote:
When you look at the overall US tax system, it's hard to argue that it's unfair to rich people.

It's equally difficult to argue that it's unfair to poor people, who benefit disproportionately from public services, especially the entitlement spending that currently makes up the bulk of government budgets.

Usdk wrote:
I dont see how competing with the government leads to good business practices. Fedex and UPS both do much better service than the USPS, and the USPS loses money hand over fist from what ive heard. Oh the gov't health care company isn't turning a profit? better suck more taxes out for it. tax payers end up paying for it either way.

it's not much of an option if its really just the same thing, only much less efficient.

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The US government is actually quite good at providing efficient health care. The VHA system is considered better than private hospitals and cheaper than private insurance, and is run entirely by the government.


Yet many veterans I know would rather off themselves than take a trip to Martinsburg to go to the VA...and I seem to recall some past events that call into question how well the government is at providing healthcare to those to whom it has obligations.

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 Post subject: Re: GOP Debate on CNN.
PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:11 pm  
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Jubbergun wrote:
It's equally difficult to argue that it's unfair to poor people, who benefit disproportionately from public services, especially the entitlement spending that currently makes up the bulk of government budgets.


It is that way because monied interests find handing out checks less offensive than the government getting things done. It took me a while to realize that.


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 Post subject: Re: GOP Debate on CNN.
PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:12 pm  
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Eturnalshift wrote:
Public Option is the trojan horse precursor to a single-payer system. How do you expect the government to fairly compete on a level playing field when the government would be both the team and the referee? Why should tax payers (who may not elect for the public option) be forced to pay for the public option with their tax dollars? Health care is already expensive... why should someone have to pay twice?


Well, it's beyond dispute that other countries do this and it works better than what we have, so...

The point isn't that the government "competes". It's that it establishes an option of last resort - a floor instead of a bottomless pit.


this an this.


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 Post subject: Re: GOP Debate on CNN.
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Jubbergun wrote:
Laelia wrote:
It's meaningless to talk about the fairness of the tax system...

No, it's not, because it's not "the" tax system, it's the federal tax system, which is separate from state/local tax systems. State/local codes vary to a degree that it's impossible to make any sort of large-scale comparison. That's not the case with the federal code,which is uniform across the entirety of the US regardless of locality. Muddying the argument with conflicting, ancillary data is just another sign of the kind of lazy thinking that sees people using "wealth" and "income" interchangeably.

The fact that the tax system may be complicated doesn't mean that you can ignore the complicated parts and focus on the one tax program that supports your argument. The overall distribution of taxes in the US is pretty much flat. If you want to maintain that while making one aspect less progressive, other taxes would have to become more progressive. If you want to have a regressive tax system, you should be clear about that with your arguments.

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The US government is actually quite good at providing efficient health care. The VHA system is considered better than private hospitals and cheaper than private insurance, and is run entirely by the government.


Yet many veterans I know would rather off themselves than take a trip to Martinsburg to go to the VA...and I seem to recall some past events that call into question how well the government is at providing healthcare to those to whom it has obligations.

No system is perfect, but the fact remains that overall quality, cost, and satisfaction rankings are better than the private system. And it's not just the US - every other highly developed country has some form of public insurance or subsidies and in some cases a completely public system, all of them are much cheaper, and most of them have better care.


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 Post subject: Re: GOP Debate on CNN.
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Eturnalshift wrote:
Mayo likes drinking and he's not exactly in tip-top shape. Why should I (or anyone else) be forced to pay for his healthcare when his liver or heart start acting up due to his poor choices in taking care of his body...?

Edit: Left off 'shape'



But you already do! That's how insurance companies work. Say you and John Doe have insurance through the same company, you are active and healthy and Mr. Doe is unhealthy, unfit, and accident prone. John trips and breaks his arm, he goes to the hospital for x-rays and they find out he has hypertension and diabetes, too. John's insurance pays for the hospital visit, the x-rays, the physician's fees, subsequent followup visits to the physician's office, medication for the hypertension, and diabetes testing materials-- because hey, he's got great insurance. Meanwhile you pay your premiums every quarter and never get sick, never get hurt and outside of a yearly physical never have to see the inside of a doctor's office. Your premiums pay for John's treatment just as directly as the tax money would pay for John's treatment under a government plan.

And you have to think, too, that companies that offer group insurance plans to their employees pay for their discounted group rates by raising the price on the goods and services they offer. A percent of the cost of every new car sold by american manufacturers goes to help pay insurance costs for their employees. We don't see people angry or upset about that, do we? Ideally what should happen is if the government takes over the role of health insurance companies we would see a reduction in price of the goods and services we purchase-- but I think that's extremely unlikely. Bottom line is, we already pay for other people's insurance and healthcare, it's just not all up in your face about it. Tax is a dirty word in America, and it really shouldn't be.


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 Post subject: Re: GOP Debate on CNN.
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thats a good way of explaining it. the difference being, to afford that health care the two examples either work a job that includes a health plan, or they manage their money in their budget and pay for it themselves.

you left out the people on welfare who with this system would just be on MORE welfare, with even less reason to go get a job.


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 Post subject: Re: GOP Debate on CNN.
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Usdk wrote:
you left out the people on welfare who with this system would just be on MORE welfare, with even less reason to go get a job.


Unsubstantiated blithering. Nobody is denying they exist, but it is such a minority that it is negligible when compared to the bigger group of those who hold a job, raise a family, are responsible, but just need a little help. You make it seem like everyone on welfare is a big, fat lazy fuck and this is simply not the case. But again, this is a gray area that republicans cannot see.


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you left out the people on welfare who with this system would just be on MORE welfare, with even less reason to go get a job.


If you're on welfare you usually qualify for Medicaid which means...you're already covered.

So, the poor who are on Medicaid are covered and those who can afford it are covered, but the growing divide between the two can't afford it. You complain about paying twice...but you're already paying twice.

If everyone was on one plan the costs would go down. There would be no more uninsured that the insured have to eat 100% of the cost, one big buyer could negotiate lower prices (like walmart has done for years), and the overall cost would be spread out amongst a larger number of people.


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