Reply #2: JMO [View All]

[Thothmes]

Americans hate high taxes if they are the ones paying them. "Tax the wealthy" is a mantra popular on this forum. It sells well politically, until you are included in the "wealthy" catagory for tax purposes. As far as universal healthcare is concerned, if the poll question was "would you pay $3500 a year in taxes for Universal Health Care"' the numbers supporting the proposal would change. Opinions on what constitute high taxes is based on who's ox is being gored at the time. Personally, I would not want to pay $3500 a year for Universal Health coverage. Why, I retired from the U.S. Navy, I have a very good health plan already, why should I pay that kind of tax for something I get for free? It all depends on a persons prespective of the issue.
As I said before, my opinion only.