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- From: paul@hsh.com
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- Subject: Re: Taxing medical benefits ... NOT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.094913.403@hsh.com>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 13:49:13 GMT
- References: <1992Dec19.204114.19752@netcom.com> <1992Dec24.184603.16096@jcnpc.cmhnet.org>
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- In article <1992Dec24.184603.16096@jcnpc.cmhnet.org>, mam@jcnpc.cmhnet.org (Mike A. McAngus) writes:
- > John Switzer (jrs@netcom.com) wrote:
- > : In article <1992Dec19.195620.6688@seq.uncwil.edu> session@seq.uncwil.edu (Zac
- > k C. Sessions) writes:
- > : >
- > : >In my local paper (which is owned by the NYT) today there was a story
- > : >which directly contradicts these assertions. The headline was "Transition
- > : >aide says Clinton won't put tax on medical benefits". In the story, Judy
- > : >Feder, who is Clinton's transition team health policy chief, said that
- > : >President-elect Clinton is not planning to seek new taxes on employee
- > : >medical benefits to pay for health care reform. She said, "That was not
- > : >contemplated in the campaign, and there has been no change in that."
- > :
- > : Another example of Clinton talking out of both sides of his mouth, because
- > : Friday's Wall Street Journal quotes Clinton as saying he is considering endin
- > g
- > : the tax exemption on at least part of a company's health care costs. End of
- > : exemption translates into more taxes being paid and thus higher taxes. This
- > : translates into a defacto tax on a person's benefits that are above the
- > : basic minimum which Clinton and his advisers have yet to settle on.
-
- >
- > Another example of a consevative putting the worst spin possible on what
- > Clinton says. Removing tax exemptions for health care costs is a tax increase
- > on businesses not an increase on middle class tax payers. Thus, the statement
- > by Clinton and the statement by Judy Feder do not contradict each other.
-
- Another example of a liberal who does not understand How Business Works.
- Let's see if Mr. Switzer was paying attention in Economics 101. Attention,
- class: When you greatly increase the cost of doing business, most
- companies will A) absorb it, or B) pass on that increase in the form of
- higher prices. Anyone? Anyone?
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