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U.S. House May Include Surtax on Wealthy (4% above $200K)in Health-Care Package
Bloomberg | July 7, 2009 | Ryan J. Donmoyer

Posted on 07/07/2009 9:56:20 AM PDT by reaganaut1

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To: reaganaut1

Yeah let’s squeeze the job creators and small businesses even more so they’ll just lay more people off. Obama might get credit for being this smart and brilliant individual but he’s got the common sense of a cheetoe.


41 posted on 07/07/2009 10:26:33 AM PDT by NoobRep
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To: Arkinsaw; OpusatFR; stuartcr
My kids make $235K married and can’t afford to buy a house in Arlington VA where they live.

I have friends living in Arlington. The average rents for two-bedroom apartments are in the $2,000+/month range. It's a shock to folks from other parts of the country, where a nice house can be had for $100K. Of course, the unemployment rates in Northern Virginia are below six percent right now.

42 posted on 07/07/2009 10:26:48 AM PDT by rabscuttle385 ("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
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To: stuartcr

It’s all a matter of where you live, and being in the pool above 200k (N. VA), I find it outrageous. I can honestly tell you in speaking from Northern VA that 200k is not wealthy at all. I can’t afford a house in the area using sound financial judgment. (No more than 25% house payment/month) and they want to squeeze more money out of me? For who? The issue always comes down to...

What about those who perform and get promotions? WHY in the hell would you EVER WANT to? Why would I WANT to work harder? Why put in extra hours, why?

We need to repeal the income tax, don’t even talk to me about a “Fair Tax” and put in place a reduced government that is a Fraction of the current size. Government doesn’t need Tax dollars, it needs fiscal responsibility, increased citizen production; it can print it’s own money based on our production to accommodate a fiscally responsible budget. Why does the Government borrow from the Fed, when the Government makes the money? Hmm... Our whole system needs such a major overhaul I fear that none of us have the stomach for what needs to happen. Think about a government budget that was always a FIXED% of GDP, where production rules, new ideas and productive drivers cherished, and laziness and apathy are punished.

Stimulate production damn it! Don’t stifle it! Make people want to work harder, make me want to start a new business based on low-cost of entry. The more they take from me to give to someone else... well there is only so much I’m willing to do, after that I’ll be damned for what I’ll do.

net net of my point... Government stay the hell out of my way, and let me succeed based only on my mind, work ethic, and ability!


43 posted on 07/07/2009 10:29:52 AM PDT by light-bulb (Plures efficimur quotiens metimur a vobis; semen est sanguis Christianorum)
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To: Free America52; freekitty

“So they want to tax (some of) us to fix a health care program that is not broken and one that 87% of the general population doesn’t want. We need to get these arseholes out of Washington.”

When unemployment officially reaches 12%(it is already,Obama is cooking the books), we will march on DC. to get rid of the Dictator. Otherwise, we are finished!


44 posted on 07/07/2009 10:30:08 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Pray for, and support our troops(heroes) !! And vote out the RINO's!!)
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To: light-bulb

“What about those who perform and get promotions? WHY in the hell would you EVER WANT to? Why would I WANT to work harder?”

Why socialism/communism always fails.


45 posted on 07/07/2009 10:31:24 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Pray for, and support our troops(heroes) !! And vote out the RINO's!!)
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To: reaganaut1

As far as I can tell it was this group that funded Obama, supported Obama and voted for Obama.
Let them pay up.


46 posted on 07/07/2009 10:33:02 AM PDT by Colvin (Harry Reid is a sap sucking idiot.)
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To: animal172; DonaldC

Making $200k/year makes one “rich??” HA!!

What about the guy that makes $80K one year, $200K the next, and back to $80K in the following? (Oh, and he has 4 kids and his wife is a stay at home mother)


47 posted on 07/07/2009 10:33:37 AM PDT by Boiling Pots (B. Hussein Obama: The final turd George W. Bush laid on America)
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To: GonzoGOP

>I thought nobody making less then 250k was going to get a tax increase?<

shocker ... obama ... *may have* lied ....


48 posted on 07/07/2009 10:38:26 AM PDT by Munz ("We're all here for you OK? It's a circle of love" Rham Emanuel)
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To: w1andsodidwe
... nobody will be allowed to make that much unless you are a politician or a lawyer.

You forget the exemption clauses - found on Schedule 1313:

10.) Enter either Line 5 or Line 9 (whichever is less) - This is your Gross Health Surcharge (G.H.S.): _________
11.) If you are included on the Exemption List (found in Publication 17 Instructions), Enter the cumulative percentage as found on List): ____%
12.) Multiply Line 10 by Line 11 and enter results here (if Line 11 is zero enter 0.00): _________
13.) Subtract Line 12 from Line 10 and on Line 60 box c: _________.

Exemption List (Accumulate percentages and enter on Schedule 1313 Line 11:
a)Federal Official - 40%
b)Democrat Party Member - 25%
c)New York Times subscriber - 15%
d)Union Member - 20%
...
m)Occupation: Lawyer - 20%
n)Occupation: Teacher - 20%
...
z)Republican Party Member - Enter 0% on Schedule 1313 Line 11.

49 posted on 07/07/2009 10:46:11 AM PDT by SES1066 (Cycling to conserve, Conservative to save, Saving to Retire, will Retire to Cycle.)
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To: freespirited

“Move every dime you can into a Roth IRA.”

Careful FRiend. There’s stuff in the works in the House to turn “your” 401K/Roth money into a cash cow for the government.

I put the max in my 401K the first year it started, and then, they changed the rules.

It isn’t “your” money. It’s “yours” for as long as they allow it.


50 posted on 07/07/2009 10:50:02 AM PDT by OpusatFR (Those embryos are little humans in progress. Using them for profit is slavery.)
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To: Arkinsaw

“I expect Texas to get another population boost for sure.”

Dunno. Bro’s in ElPaso and can’t give his house away. He’s desperate to get out of there.


51 posted on 07/07/2009 10:52:07 AM PDT by OpusatFR (Those embryos are little humans in progress. Using them for profit is slavery.)
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To: reaganaut1

Will the little red hen bake anymore bread?


52 posted on 07/07/2009 10:54:34 AM PDT by camp_steveo
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To: reaganaut1
A tax on income is not a tax on wealth. Democrats should stop lying about taxing the wealthy since they have no intention of doing so. Do you think John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, Barbara Boxer, Diane Feinstein, Maria Cantwell, et al would vote for a tax on wealth? Not a chance.
53 posted on 07/07/2009 10:55:44 AM PDT by Hoodat (For the weapons of our warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.)
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To: OpusatFR

Tell me more, please!


54 posted on 07/07/2009 10:59:15 AM PDT by freespirited
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To: reaganaut1

seeing as the elite north east and west coast voted for this buffon then I hope they are the ones who get bit in the wallet first

maybe those eltist left wing loons will wake up and realise that they support a buffoon who has no care for them or anyone.

I expect to see those eltist up there now lose their mansions, big houses Lexus etc

voting has consequences


55 posted on 07/07/2009 11:00:24 AM PDT by manc (Marriage is between a man and a woman no sick queer sham--- end racism end affirmative action)
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To: Bush Revolution

Someone please make this stop. Everyday I’m scared to read what the lowlifes in the O admin and the Dems are up to.
______________
I know how you feel. My life changed forever in Nov. 2009. I have never felt this way about other Democrats so it’s not a party issue. These people are trying to destroy this country and he never plans to leave the WH.


56 posted on 07/07/2009 11:00:47 AM PDT by mojitojoe (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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To: GonzoGOP
I thought nobody making less then 250k was going to get a tax increase?

We've already gotten a tax increase. Last year, I got a $600 tax rebate. This year, I only got a $400 rebate. Thus, I will be paying $200 more in taxes this year than last year.

57 posted on 07/07/2009 11:01:06 AM PDT by Hoodat (For the weapons of our warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.)
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To: OpusatFR

It isn’t “your” money. It’s “yours” for as long as they allow it.

I actually have lefties tell me that ‘my money’ is actually OUR money(as in society’s money) and that it is a MORAL obligation that society help out those who cannot help themselves.

Collectivists live in a Utopian dreamland and are turning our reality into a fricken nightmare.


58 posted on 07/07/2009 11:02:17 AM PDT by Le Chien Rouge
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To: reaganaut1

Is anyone surprised about this? I’m guessing that there might even be limits on what kinds of insurance coverage people can choose, or mechanisms that force people into Prescription Drug Coverage they neither want nor need. That’s what happened with Romneycare, here in MA.


59 posted on 07/07/2009 11:05:10 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: reaganaut1

We need to stop allowing the media to get away with referring to high income earners as “wealthy”. They are NOT the same.


60 posted on 07/07/2009 11:07:21 AM PDT by I_like_good_things_too (Check the "Yes" box next to survival)
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