On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Maxim Linchits <[email protected]> wrote:
> And the center-right's wet dream: a 1/2^2^2 measure that still manages to > be a fantastic handout to business: millions of new customers to the > health, insurance, and pharma industries with next to no cost-cost controls > worth mentioning. > This country is owned by the corporations and the super-rich. Everyone knows this. So what's your point? Is the fact that some corporations will benefit, by itself an argument against a specific policy? I dare you to name one progressive policy that does not also benefit some rich guys and corporations. > There are added incentives for employers to unload the cost of coverage on > workers and the budget. > And this is a bad thing why? Employer-provided healthcare is an abomination and the sooner it goes the better. Sadly though Obamacare is unlikely to do anything to change this idiotic way of paying for healthcare. > For everyone else it's either overpriced crap coverage or fines. > Undoubtedly, some working people in dire straights will benefit Obamacare, > in varying degrees. But then again, just like any other "trickle-down" > policy, Obamacare is guaranteed work on the anecdotal level. > A very long-winded way of saying "the glass is sooo half-empty". > So what progressive redistribution could Krugman have in mind? Oh, that > Medicare surcharge tax. And the fact that at least one healthy young wall > street trader will now be forced to buy health insurance. I am sure the > 1-percenters are already tightening their belts. > I believe there are taxes on executive health plans too. And the end to Federal guarantees on private student loans. -raghu.
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