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I took this article off of Fox News and quoted the excerpt below to try to figure out what this Health Care Bill would cost Tax Payers.

Based on the number of taxes filed in 2008 (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_Americans_filed_their_taxes_in_2008) and based on the number of people who actually pay taxes (http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2009/12/almost-4-out-of-10-americans-paid-no.html) roughly 6 out of 10 who file or 60%

"To get all 58 Democrats and two independents on board, Reid, among other things, had to drop a government-run insurance option and a Medicare buy-in and had to increase taxes by $25 billion more than planned, bringing the total tax increases to $518 billion."

135,660,228 (based on people who filed taxes in 2008) X 60% = 81,396,137 who actually pay taxes

$518,000,000,000 (amount of Health Care total tax increase) divided 81,396,137(Americans who pay taxes) = $6,363.94 per actual tax payer

How do you like that additional $6,363.94 per tax payer bill?

1 posted on 12/22/2009 10:08:36 AM PST by Sunshine54
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To: Sunshine54
I'm not worried -- Obama promised that people making less than $250,000 won't see their taxes go up, so I'm in the clear.

Wait ... you don't suppose ... he wasn't lying, was he??

2 posted on 12/22/2009 10:19:08 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Macbeth is ripe for shaking, and the powers above put on their instruments.)
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To: Sunshine54
We're screwed.

Obama's gonna fix it real good.

3 posted on 12/22/2009 10:43:20 AM PST by Bon mots
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To: Sunshine54
How do you like that additional $6,363.94 per tax payer bill?

How much does a pound of flesh go for these days? I might need a bigger truck when The Time comes.

4 posted on 12/22/2009 10:43:48 AM PST by LTCJ (The Constitution; first, last, always.)
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To: Sunshine54

Excellent synopsis. Of course, things will fan out differently. Some of the 40% will begin to pay taxes, and those already paying will likely see a scaled tax increase, where top earners pay a larger percentage. No mention of the other side effects of the Health Care Bill.

I pay $15k for health insurance + $2k for uncovered expenses each year. This Commie Bill, according to your calculations, will likely push my costs over $20k each year.

I don’t make a lot of money, but for some reason my local, State, and Fed is still a very costly ticket.

I could say taxes plus insurance is more than half my income. I have not included sales, fuel, excise, and other pass-along taxes. Add in the interest, food, auto insurance, car repair, utilities, clothing and then I’m broke.

Now a bunch of ass-wipes in Congress are telling me I don’t do enough, and they say I’m a racist, a narcissistic, selfish capitalist, an ignorant suburbanite, a right-winger, a tea-bagger, an intolerant Christian, blah, blah, blah... yeah, I know, it’s just political rhetoric.


5 posted on 12/22/2009 11:13:14 AM PST by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
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They are declaring war on us.


6 posted on 12/22/2009 3:07:15 PM PST by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)
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