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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, June 29 2012 @ 10:10 AM EDT |
You might not like the law (tax), but it would still be
constitutionally legal in my opinion. The advent of the income
tax pretty much gave congress carte blanche when it comes to
taxes.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, June 29 2012 @ 10:15 AM EDT |
It's the brocolli argument that failed. Health care is a different animal. Some
would argue that it is essential. In fact, I believe, it is unlawful here in the
US to refuse treatment to a person who presents himself to an emergency room. I
maintain that access to health care is a human right but we have not figured out
how to fit that model into our top down system here.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, June 29 2012 @ 12:07 PM EDT |
So, if I buy new insulating windows for my home and get a
$1500 tax break because of it, does that count? (in other
words, for those who did not buy such new windows, they
would have to pay $1500 more than if they did not)
This is the fundamental behavior of deductions. Give to
charity and you deduct that from your taxes. What? You
don't give? Well, you get taxed "extra" because of that.
(Or is it that those who do give get taxed "less"? Hmmm...)
If such tax laws are legal then making yet another such
special case (have insurance? deduct $x from your taxes -
or, in other words, if you don't have insurance, add $x to
your taxes - they are exactly the same thing.)[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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