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I agree but not sure why you'd hope Elizabeth Warren would do this. It's unlikely to come from the left. Donald Trump's platform would actually allow individua

by sillui 10y ago

I agree but not sure why you'd hope Elizabeth Warren would do this. It's unlikely to come from the left. Donald Trump's platform would actually allow individuals to take the same tax deductions on health insurance that companies get: https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/healthcare-reform https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/healthcare-reform "Allow individuals to fully deduct health insurance premium payments from their tax returns under the current tax system. Businesses are allowed to take these deductions so why wouldn't Congress allow individuals the same exemptions?" John Mackey had a very rational proposal as well: http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204251404574342170072865070 http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB100014240529702042514045743421... "Equalize the tax laws so that employer-provided health insurance and individually owned health insurance have the same tax benefits. Now employer health insurance benefits are fully tax deductible, but individual health insurance is not. This is unfair."

omarforgotpwd 10y ago
Wow, who knew Trump had positions? Someone on his staff should tell him to talk about them rather than continuously drawing attention to attacks from his opponents that he should not even be mentioning. Well, actually let's not because he would not be a stable president for the US economy. Would be nice to have a president that didn't see business as an enemy and tax cuts as handouts for the wealthy though.
- sharemywin 10y ago
  The problem with lowering taxes for the wealth is they invest it. which drives up asset prices. makes them feel good, because the assets values went up but it didn't create anymore actual assets or create anything more productive. Corporations are flush with cash and investing in new technology as fast as they can. Throwing money at the problem won't fix anything.
sharemywin 10y ago
Another good idea was federalize the insurance laws/regulations. if you could get an insurance licence that was good in all 50 states.

by sillui 10y ago

omarforgotpwd 10y ago

Wow, who knew Trump had positions? Someone on his staff should tell him to talk about them rather than continuously drawing attention to attacks from his opponents that he should not even be mentioning. Well, actually let's not because he would not be a stable president for the US economy. Would be nice to have a president that didn't see business as an enemy and tax cuts as handouts for the wealthy though.

sharemywin 10y ago
The problem with lowering taxes for the wealth is they invest it. which drives up asset prices. makes them feel good, because the assets values went up but it didn't create anymore actual assets or create anything more productive. Corporations are flush with cash and investing in new technology as fast as they can. Throwing money at the problem won't fix anything.

sharemywin 10y ago

Another good idea was federalize the insurance laws/regulations. if you could get an insurance licence that was good in all 50 states.