FCC and the internet

[Samuel Thurston, III]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Michael <mmorse757 at gmail.com> wrote:

> The US is not (yet) a socialist country.  /Every/ country that has
> socialized health care as 12 - 30 percent higher taxes.  I care about my
> fellow American - just not the ones who choose not to work and pull

Your taxes already pay for the health care of those who choose not to
work.  Its called medicaid. The plans on the table extend tax credits
and subsidies to people who are working and still can't afford
insurance, and (hopefully)  offer a non-profit insurer to the
competitive mix.

> their own weight.  It may or may not have improved the lives of citizens
> where you live, but who ended up paying for it?  None of the
> "kum-by-yah" ers ever seem to want to answer that question.
>

I'm self employed.  I pay about 9% income tax, and about 22% of my
income goes to health insurance.

If I payed 30% income tax, I would be paying LESS than I am paying
now, under a single-payer system.  Doesn't matter though, the
spineless "socialists" trying to put a healthcare plan together took
this entirely reasonable plan off the table from the start.