Mitt Romney’s Health Care Plan: Tax Cuts For The Rich

12:32 pm EST August 24th, 2007 | Uncategorized | 4 Comments

The flip flopper strikes again with a health care plan predicated on rich folks making tax deductions. Jeez. Can someone explain to me why the rich-boy obsession of Republican candidates makes them incapable of proposing a good health care plan? There’s a reason why the sentiment of the public is so pro-Democratic on this issue. The people trust one party to at least try getting them health care, while the Republicans are seen (rightly) as being engaged in an HMO/Rich Guy enrichment scheme time and time again.

A friend and I recently discussed getting Forrest Whittaker as Idi Amin just saying “Health Care – You Have It Now!!” for the Democrats… but the character has a little baggage outside of Whittaker’s great performance.

“Nicolas… You did not persuade me.”

Topic:

Related Posts

«
»

4 Responses to “Mitt Romney’s Health Care Plan: Tax Cuts For The Rich”

  1. SaveFarris says:
    August 24, 2007 at 1:03 pm

    There’s a reason why the sentiment of the public is so pro-Democratic on this issue.

    Because you’re promising to give them something for nothing. Gee, who could have guessed that would poll well?

    PS: Whitaker could do it as Det. Kavanaugh. Damn, he was great on The Shield!

  2. midderpidge says:
    August 24, 2007 at 2:14 pm

    It’s gotta be better than the usual Republican Nothing for Something plan. Nothing for most of us, at the cost of Something for the Rich.

  3. Megamoze says:
    August 24, 2007 at 7:50 pm

    Wow, SaveFarris lying? Color me surprised. That, or he’s totally clueless. Take your pick.

    The Democratic plan proposes spending LESS money on BETTER health care, a feat accomplished by none other than every industrialized nation in the world. They spend half the money and cover EVERY citizen. They live longer and better than Americans, get better care, better coverage, and do it for way less money.

    So midderpridge is exactly right, of course. Republicans are offering LESS for twice the price. Yay.

  4. pennywit says:
    August 25, 2007 at 9:22 pm

    Actually, there are a few situations in which tax cuts make sense in terms of health-care reform. One of them is a scheme that expands the amount that can be socked away, untaxed, in an HSA.

    A second circumstance involves expanding tax breaks to allow self-employed individuals greater tax benefits for their health-care plans; as I understand it, they don’t receive nearly the same tax breaks granted to individuals who work for a large company, where the company receives tax incentives for paying its share of the insurance tab, and the individual’s contribution is removed pre-tax.

    Yet another circumstance is one in which federal taxes are decreased in order to offset expected increases elsewhere to finance state-level health-reform plans.

    –|PW|–