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Originally Posted by SC Skins Fan
There are myriad problems with your post, beginning with the fact that you are clearly drawing from a highly partisan site operating under the guise of being strictly looking at 'the issues'. I'm running off to the gym so don't have time to respond in full, but briefly ...
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The facts are what they are. The positions I stated for Obama and McCain are their positions based on quotes directly from them. What difference does it make what site the facts came from if they are correct?
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1) Universal health care and "socialized medicine" are not synonymous. Providing citizens with health care coverage - and Obama is going light on this issue by not even discussing a single-payer plan - does not mean that doctors work for the government. It means the government pays the bill. Currently I pay $5,000+ a year to be on my wife's health insurance, and my deductibles are such that I really can't get any real meaningful medical treatment without paying out of pocket anyway. Basic point is that you should get your information from a less partisan source. When you start seeing phrases like "socialized medicine" and "government bureacrats" that is a tell-tale sign you are probably getting a slanted view.
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I was referring to the broader term of "socialized medicine", which means the government administering and paying for the program but the doctor's & hospitals being independent. I didn't mean that the doctors and hospitals would be government entities. Either way, my point is that if Universal Health Care or socialized medicine is pushed through it will create a massive tax burden on the American taxpayer. Each person should be responsible for their own health care, not the government. I agree with government oversight to prevent abuse or negligence, but not control.
I understand the high cost of insurance. I pay a significant amount also. I also have seen the problems of Medicare first hand. When my father was very sick prior to passing away, my mother was working and had insurance that covered him. When he hit 65, the insurance company was able to drop his coverage because he was forced to Medicare. When this happened the benefits dropped greatly. The quality of the health care we receive will definitely decline under a government managed system. Government rarely does a better job than private industry at anything.
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2) I hate it when I see some guy in a beat up truck with a "Fair Tax" bumper sticker. Taxing consumption is a regressive form of taxation. Quite simply, people who don't make a ton of money (such as myself) spend nearly their entire income. People who make lots of money do not, they save, invest, etc. This is why people fought for progressive tax structures at the beginning of the century. Tax reform is necessary, but taxing consumption is not the answer.
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You should look into the program rather than use the beat-up truck, red-neck generalization. The Fair Tax is designed to put the money of the American people back in their pockets and take the power away from Washington. Imagine getting your whole paycheck back rather than the reduced amount from taxes taken out. That paycheck you earned is yours, not the government's. In the Fair Tax program there are also "pre-bate" checks sent out to families to cover the taxes that would be paid on basic necessities.
The Fair Tax also effectively taxes the underground economy of illegal activities and illegal immigrants.
The payroll tax is actually a regressive tax. The Fair Tax is not. Check out the link for an explanation.
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