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boston bean

(36,222 posts) Sat Nov 15, 2014, 11:26 AM Nov 2014

Do you think it is a good idea to take away tax breaks

corporations have been receiving for providing employee based health plans?

According to Gruber, it's the best thing since sliced bread.

Who the hell does he think is going to pay for this. Let me give you a clue. It's not the corporations.

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Do you think it is a good idea to take away tax breaks (Original Post) boston bean Nov 2014 OP

The idea is Boom Sound 416 Nov 2014 #1

They will decide not to offer it and everyone will go on the exchanges. boston bean Nov 2014 #3

"Together we negotiate, alone we beg." QED Nov 2014 #8

it is a nice bene to get i like it dembotoz Nov 2014 #2

Don't worry, no one will get it. boston bean Nov 2014 #4

If it's the difference between having health insurance w/ the tax breaks baldguy Nov 2014 #5

I think what works best for this country is to lift all people. boston bean Nov 2014 #6

Why do away with this one? Why not just seal up some loopholes on inversion of money market? lonestarnot Nov 2014 #7

Boom Sound 416

(4,185 posts)

1. The idea is

Reply to boston bean (Original post)

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 11:29 AM

Nov 2014

It's not income if you spend it in certain places therefore not subject to tax

And you're right corporations do not pay taxes. Their customers do

boston bean

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3. They will decide not to offer it and everyone will go on the exchanges.

Reply to Boom Sound 416 (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 11:40 AM

Nov 2014

Directly profiting insurance companies, leaving us with little market leverage.

People really have to start to understand that individual persons have very little leverage. The market is against us and certain economic principles people rely on are just not realistic when it comes to health insurance companies.

We don't take away from one to lift others. We work to lift all. I do believe this is the way they plan on paying for this. And I for one have a real problem with the privatization of it. If it were single payer, I'm on board.