When will a liar be called a liar
this man RAN on the platform and scared people with the thought John McCain might tax the employees who recieve health care from their employer
….now the President is openly looking to go against his campaign promise……
hows that no tax raises on the middle class promise working out…..
Obama said to be open to taxing health benefits
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., raised the issue with Obama during a private meeting Tuesday with the president and other Democratic senators and later reported the president’s response: “It’s on the table. It’s an option.”
The federal government would reap about $250 billion a year if it treated health care benefits given to employees like wages and taxed them.
Baucus and others are eyeing that money as they search for ways to pay for a costly health care overhaul that would extend coverage to 50 million Americans who are now uninsured. That could cost some $1.5 trillion over 10 years.
The president adamantly opposed health benefit taxes during the campaign, arguing they would undermine job-based coverage. But he’s now indicating openness to that suggestion from Congress, even if he criticized Republican presidential rival John McCain for proposing a sweeping version of the same basic idea.
40 million uninsured…..thats….another lie….lots of people choose not to buy it (younger people with good health,18 million total)…..or arent legal citizens and have no right to your tax money to cover their costs (9.5 million per the census)
its an excuse to control another part of your life
and President Obama is willing to undo any promise (ie lie to you) to control who gets and what care they get
After meeting with president, key senator says option is ‘on the table’
President Barack Obama is leaving the door open to taxing health care benefits, something he campaigned hard against while running for president.
