That $235 is probably the average contribution paid through taxes for
Medicare. Randi Rhodes has been a big supporter of Obamacare though
apparently maybe not so much anymore because I heard her last week
complaining about what her 80+ year old mother is expected to pay for
supplemental coverage. The insurance companies expect her retired
mother to come up with around $15,000 to $20,000 a year for supplemental.
You are lucky you have good retirement income. Many folks worked hard
all their lives and still wound up with a poor retirement income. We
have worse robber barons now more than ever. While they arrest someone
for wearing a political t-shirt people like Jamie Dimon, a mass murderer
runs free.
America the land of the slaves and the rich masters. Time for another
revolution if you could get people out from in front of their TVs. Of
course then your local police force, which looks like they are equipped
for duty in Falujah will slaughter everyone.
On 04/09/2014 08:18 AM, Mike Dixon wrote:
I'd have to call into question the figures provided that Barry
provides. While my retirement income is a bit higher, I really wished
I only paid $235.81 a year for medicare! It's closer to *that* per
month when counting my medicare advantage program which is only about
$65. a month extra over medicare. Must be some smoke and mirrors going
on here. I would assume *government subsidies* would include corporate
tax incentives or breaks. But then I don't hire employees who intern
pay taxes on their earned income.
On Wednesday, April 9, 2014 6:55 AM, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]> wrote:
---In [email protected], <punditster@...> wrote :
On 4/9/2014 3:32 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote:
> One for Mike Dixon and those who think like him
>
Apparently, Barry pays zero U.S. income, property or sales tax, unlike
Mike Dixon who probably pays all his federal and state taxes. Go
figure. Stupid idiot - you're not supposed to use someone's name in
the subject line. Only a newbie or a nerd would do something like
that. Send in the clowns!
But Bawwy pays more than his fair share of Dutch liquor taxes.That
should count for something.
Excerpt from Dutch Institute for Alcohol Policy:
Excise duties are levied on all alcoholic beverages. Like Value Added
Tax, excise duties are included in the price the consumer pays. The
tax is remitted to the Tax Administration by the manufacturers in the
Netherlands, by traders and also by importers of excisable goods (for
example, importers of American brandy).
For beer, the excise duty is progressive and is levied according to
categories expressed in degrees Plato. The excise duties on wine are
different between sparkling and non-sparkling (still wines) and are
progressive in relation to ranges of alcohol content by volume. There
is a special excise duty for products that are in between (for example
port, sherry and vermouth).
For spirits, the excise duty is levied as a set amount per hectolitre
of pure alcohol.
In September 2013 Cabinet agreed on a rise in almost all taxes on
alcohol as of 2014 (+5,75%).
Now the excise duty per glass is:
Glass of pilsner beer (250 cc) 9,5 eurocent
Glass of still wine (100 cc) 8,8 eurocent
Glass of gin (35 cc) 20,6 eurocent
