Do You Think Obama is a Socialist... Do You Care?

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Kasz216 said:

They're changing medicare?

As for the changes to the reast of the healthcare system... it seems very unlikely to curb costs... and more likely to explode them... and cause a raise in taxes...

and here is the absolute biggest problem with raising taxes.

It only raises taxes on the honest.  At the tax rates we tax we should bring in phenomonally more money.  But we don't because our system is full of deductions and loopholes for corporations and certain people put there both by republicans and democrats.

We would get far more tax money if we were to simply change the system by removing deductions.

You pay your tax bracket... and that's it.  No more weak attempts at social engineering and handouts to groups.

As it is already... tons of people are getting screwed on taxes already... this would just create more inequality.

The bit about people being screwed reminds me of something:

I'm sure most know about how California has been giving out IOUs to businesses as refunds/payment - well a couple of interesting devolopements are that now they are asking them to pay taxes on the IOU money but won't accept their own IOUs as payment.  But to make matters worse there are a couple of banks that, as it was told to me, were "encouraged" to cash IOUs to try to alleviate some of the discontent. If all this is true it's pretty ridiculous, and as cliche as it is to say, a prime example of where we are headed with liberal economic policies.