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Originally Posted by DRS112
In terms of disposable income....
and also...here's the thing...with insurance cpmpanies some of the costs of healthcare are recouped through investing the money. With employers doing it some of the costs are absorbed through profits, even if the costs are reflected in the price of the products...it still gives the individual the option to spend or not in many cases....in addition...some of those costs ar transferred overseas when people in foreign markets pay for the products
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Okay, thanks for the answer. I see where you're going, I just see it slightly different. As to costs being absorbed thru profits (home and abroad), that's the business model that supports the employee to begin with. As such, the employee gains in wages and with those wages pays the tax (if that's the system in place) for the UHC as a benefit from being employed. Much the same as roads.
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I don't think I'd call it corporate/small business welfare unless it is a net positive gain for the employer....would you...and...if I had to choose between being taxed at 25% of the rate and it going to corporate welfare to provide the same service as me being taxed 100% for that same service....I choose the former.....
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I always call the government giving favorable treatment to a business, individual, or entity as welfare. I'm still not on board with those percentages.....
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Whens the last time that you saw a government bureaucracy run more efficiently than a business in terms of cutting waste to be more efficient?
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Also...is it fair to tax a single individual at the same rate for healthcare as a family of five? If I'm 26 years old and single...why should I pay the same as a 50 year old with a wife and 3 kids?
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Yet you pay the same for roads as people who drive less, more, less miles, more miles, more drivers, employees driving, bus riders, SUVs, compacts.
You pay property tax (even if you rent, it's in the rent) whether you have children going to the schools.
Taking on social issues that don't necessarilly impact you yourself is part of the human dynamic of living in a community as opposed to hunting/gathering on your own.