[Rumple4]

I think one of the first things the dems will do and the republicans will let happen will be taxation of your employer sponsored health benefits. It'll be pushed under the guise of bringing consumerism to the health care marketplace.

[sphinx]

Employment benefits are income and ought to be taxed. But it should be done as part of tax reform with rates adjusted downward to compensate for broadening the base, not as an ad hoc, backdoor tax increase. That said, I doubt that organized labor would support such a move and I can't see the democrat puppets rebelling against the puppeteer on such a matter.