See #30:
You are not disagreeing with what I said.
You are assuming they (these corporations) will automatically ‘jump’ to the Welfare State option.
Maybe they would, maybe they wouldn’t.
Instead of assuming that shift, why not openly encourage these companies, their workers and their retirees to DO THE RIGHT THING, AND PAY FOR MORE/ALL THEIR OWN COVERAGE, AND APPLAUD THEM / ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO THAT?
STOP WHINING ABOUT WHAT AMOUNTS TO A *REDUCTION* IN GOVT WEALTH TRANSFERS.
The caps don't help your argument. Having paid ridiculous c-corp taxes myself, I realize that deducting my own health insurance costs only made sense. The answer is to eliminate corporate taxes since that is the only wealth transfer that is meaningful in this debate.