Reply #16: And this article is the kind of crap we will read on a massive scale if benefits are taxed

[Better Believe It]

-Just a little sampling here on what to expect should benefits be taxed under a Democratic sponsored healthcare plan.-


Democrats Contemplate Massive Tax Increase to Pay for Obama's Healthcare Plan
June 19, 2009
By Peter Roff, Thomas Jefferson Street blog

During his victorious presidential run, Barack Obama promised he would not raise taxes on the middle class. "Under my plan," Obama told a New Hampshire gathering, "no family making less than $250,000.00 a year will see any form of tax increase."

Somebody wasn't paying attention.

Democrats in the House of Representatives are now contemplating massive tax increases in order to raise some of the revenues they need to fund Obama plan's for a government takeover of the U.S. healthcare system.

According to published reports, tax increases under consideration include:

A 10 cents per can tax on soda and other sugary drinks
A 2 percent increase on income taxes for single taxpayers earning more than $200,000 per year
A 2 percent increase on income taxes for households earning more than $250,000 per year
A new employer payroll tax targeting 3 percent of employers' health care expenditures
Taxing certain employer-provided health insurance benefits
Higher taxes on alcohol
An increase in the Medicare payroll tax
A European-style Value Added Tax or VAT of 1.5 percent or more

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/peter-roff/2009/06/19/democrats-contemplate-massive-tax-increase-to-pay-for-obamas-healthcare-plan.html