The health care details will be revealed soon, besides taxing more people out of the country they also may charge me more for my beer. I just got done watching my state try impose more sin tax. Now the feds too. How long do you think until all foods that the gov doesn't approve of are being taxed out of the market?
Republicans blasted away at early reports that the Democrats planned to raise $540 billion for health care by raising the tax rates on individuals and families in the highest income brackets. But Democrats may have public opinion in their favor. According to a new Greenberg Quinlan poll circulated late last week by House Democrats, Americans favor raising taxes for people making more than $200,000 by 61 percent to 37 percent.
The respondents were largely divided over proposals to reduce tax deductions on charitable giving and mortgage interest for anyone making more than $250,000 or to impose a 10-cent tax on sugary drinks. However, people favored the creation of a 5 percent tax on beer, wine and other alcohol. And 59 percent of the people polled opposed a plan that would require people with top-of-the-line employer-provided health care to pay taxes on those benefits, compared with the 35 percent who liked the idea.
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Republicans blasted away at early reports that the Democrats planned to raise $540 billion for health care by raising the tax rates on individuals and families in the highest income brackets. But Democrats may have public opinion in their favor. According to a new Greenberg Quinlan poll circulated late last week by House Democrats, Americans favor raising taxes for people making more than $200,000 by 61 percent to 37 percent.
The respondents were largely divided over proposals to reduce tax deductions on charitable giving and mortgage interest for anyone making more than $250,000 or to impose a 10-cent tax on sugary drinks. However, people favored the creation of a 5 percent tax on beer, wine and other alcohol. And 59 percent of the people polled opposed a plan that would require people with top-of-the-line employer-provided health care to pay taxes on those benefits, compared with the 35 percent who liked the idea.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24895_Page2.html#ixzz0LCsAEhRy&C