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- From: mam@jcnpc.cmhnet.org (Mike A. McAngus)
- Subject: Re: Taxing medical benefits ... NOT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.212659.9414@jcnpc.cmhnet.org>
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 21:26:59 GMT
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- paul@hsh.com wrote:
- : In article <1992Dec24.184603.16096@jcnpc.cmhnet.org>, mam@jcnpc.cmhnet.org (M
- ike 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 "Transitio
- n
- : > : >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, becaus
- e
- : > : Friday's Wall Street Journal quotes Clinton as saying he is considering e
- ndin
- : > 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. Th
- is
- : > : 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 incre
- ase
- : > on businesses not an increase on middle class tax payers. Thus, the statem
- ent
- : > 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?
-
- John Switzer did not make the "Another example ..." statement, I (Mike McAngus)
- did.
-
- You assume that the elimination of a tax exemption will result in "greatly
- increas[ing] the cost of doing business". I don't know the figures on this so
- maybe you can show how you arrive at this assumption.
-
- In my response to a previous post, I admit that the cost of losing the tax
- exemption will be passed on to the customers and employees.
-
- I was originally responding to conservatives wanting to cast Bill Clinton as a
- liar and prevaricator in everything he says.
- --
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