Gene's Footnotes

I have never been impressed by the messenger and always inspect the message, which I now understand is not the norm. People prefer to filter out discordant information. As such, I am frequently confronted with, "Where did you hear that...." Well, here you go. If you want an email version, send me an email.

February 12, 2013

Death Panels And Middle Class Taxes

I have been a tardy author of late, so let me despoit a quote from an article Rod sent along:


Paul Krogman at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C. (2/13)

“Eventually we do have a problem. That the population is getting older, health care costs are rising… there is this question of how we’re going to pay for the programs. The year 2025, the year 2030, something is going to have to give… … We’re going to need more revenue… Surely it will require some sort of middle class taxes as well… We won’t be able to pay for the kind of government the society will want without some increase in taxes… on the middle class, maybe a value added tax… And we’re also going to have to make decisions about health care, doc pay for health care that has no demonstrated medical benefits. So the snarky version… which I shouldn’t even say because it will get me in trouble is death panels and sales taxes is how we do this.”

In 2025 it will do no good for knuckleheads to say, "Oh, how about that, you nuts were right."  In the meantime, they will continue to accept second hand reports about Krogman and the view from the New York Times. Perhaps, it is clear why our public schools graduate students with less ability to think each year.  They just know tax the rich, mock morality, and Big Brother will take care of us.  

By the time we degenerate into France, the country will be denuded of wealth and creative individuals and companies.  Keep an eye out for the most hospitable country for ex-patriots and money; wherever that is, there will be an explosion of wealth. 

So, in the meantime, just prepare your exit, at least virtually, and vote in PRIMARIES.  The real elections are a facade.

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