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From: John B. on 22 Feb 2010 22:24 On Feb 22, 9:03 pm, "dene" <d...(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > "John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:90178aae-44c8-4bae-ab42-337d5c16c990(a)15g2000yqi.googlegroups.com... > On Feb 22, 2:59 pm, "dene" <d...(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > > > > > "John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > >news:dc9a865c-478f-40c4-97b9-2e4bf7048ae2(a)e1g2000yqh.googlegroups.com... > > On Feb 21, 9:31 pm, "dene" <d...(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote:> "Carbon" > <nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message > > > >news:4b8195e4$0$21010$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com... > > > > > What would be best would be for the money to come out of sales taxes. > > > > That way even the slackers have to participate. > > > > I think slackers should get hit hard with a tax penalty.....$1500 > minimum. > > > Why should you or I pay for their irresponsibility? > > > > -Greg > > > And who is to decide who's a slacker and who isn't? > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > Those who have the ability to buy but care not to. What do you suggest, > > John. People wait until they get sick, then buy? > > > -Greg > > The question was: who decides who the "slackers" are. This doesn't > answer it. > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Taxable income is a good indicator. Now answer my question. > > -Greg So, anybody who doesn't make a lot of money and therefore doesn't pay a lot in taxes is a slacker who should be hit with a punitive tax of $1500 or more? As to your question, those who can legitimately afford to buy health insurance without suffering undue financial hardship should be required to do so. I reject your premise that all 40 million uninsured Americans fall into that category.
From: dene on 22 Feb 2010 23:12 "John B." <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:0d2565d4-1b6a-4ffd-82df-d4e2f0821671(a)b18g2000vbl.googlegroups.com... On Feb 22, 9:03 pm, "dene" <d...(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: So, anybody who doesn't make a lot of money and therefore doesn't pay a lot in taxes is a slacker who should be hit with a punitive tax of $1500 or more? --------------------------------------------------------------- Nope. --------------------------------------------------------------- As to your question, those who can legitimately afford to buy health insurance without suffering undue financial hardship should be required to do so. I reject your premise that all 40 million uninsured Americans fall into that category. --------------------------------------------------------- I agree with your first statement. Never said the 2nd statement. However, I think a significant portion of working, uninsured Americans can afford basic health insurance. -Greg
From: dene on 23 Feb 2010 00:03 <assimilate(a)borg.org> wrote in message news:7KGgn.26888$K81.23861(a)newsfe18.iad... > > On 22-Feb-2010, "John B." <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > I think slackers should get hit hard with a tax penalty.....$1500 > > > > > minimum. > > > > > Why should you or I pay for their irresponsibility? > > > > > > > > -Greg > > > > And who is to decide who's a slacker and who isn't? > > > > > > the market > > > > > > -- > > > bill-o > > > > So, the government should slap a punitive tax of $1500 or more on > > "slackers," who would be indentified as such by "the market." Sure, > > that makes perfect sense. > > no the tax penalty is a bad idea, the market usually handles slackers pretty > well Elaborate please. -Greg
From: BAR on 23 Feb 2010 07:50 In article <wclark2-8DA611.19453922022010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio- state.edu>, wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com says... > > More like an immensely powerful automobile lobby that has poured untold > millions into squashing public transport plans all over the US. School > bussing would not be necessary if there was adequate public transport > everywhere. > When my children boarded their bus to attend their middle school they passed two or three other middle schools before reaching their middle school. My children's cluster high school, the one the school board says they have to attend, is farther in distance from my house than two other high schools. If you had paid any attention to the public transportation system on your recent visit to the DC area you would have noticed that it is based upon spoke and hub. For me to take public transportation to work it would take about 1 hour and 20 minutes. This would involve a bus ride, a subway ride and another bus ride. The same trip in a car can take 20 minutes. The distance is 11.5 miles.
From: BAR on 23 Feb 2010 07:51
In article <1ei6o5le1m58iln645qm34eifh5i130vop(a)4ax.com>, howard(a)brazee.net says... > > On 23 Feb 2010 02:05:53 GMT, Carbon <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> > wrote: > > >People seem to feel less safe than in generations past. I wouldn't have > >even considered the possibility of danger in getting a bus across town > >when I was a kid. But I guess people have learned to be afraid. > > Certainly. We are big cowards compared to previous generations - > look at how bin Laden manipulated us. > > One kidnapping in a city of 5 million terrifies 5 million who see the > crime in their living rooms on the 6 O'clock news. Terrorism is effective. |