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The mortgage interest deduction is in fact federal spending, as it is a subsidy. The healthcare mandate is a tax. What many people object to here is that most
by rbcgerard 10y ago
The mortgage interest deduction is in fact federal spending, as it is a subsidy.
The healthcare mandate is a tax. What many people object to here is that most taxes tax an activity (making money, buying things, owning things, etc.), such that one does not HAVE to do any of those things, but if one CHOOSES to, they become subject to the tax. Here on the other-hand they are being TAXED for NOT doing something.
Using your analogy, the healthcare mandate is the same as taxing people for not owning a home.
- cmurf 10y agoYes and I do think more needs to be done to incentivize people to live healthier. It's one thing for all of us to cover the costs of others for congenital defects and accidents outside their control. It's another thing entirely if they cannot be bothered to exercise at all, eat even remotely healthy, or smoke cigarettes (I think you do in fact get charged a higher premium in a separate pool in some/all? states if you're a smoker; but smoking mitigation is not subject to any co-pay fees or deductible it's 100% covered including some reasonable number of psych eval) or engage in very risky activities. This can't be a life guarantee for the old either. After a certain age, you kinda need to stop looking for problems or you gonna find something and it's pointless to do anything but manage quality of life rather than remaining quantity.