On Sep 16, 3:33�am, Michael Coburn > wrote:
>
> Looks like to me that taxing aggregate AGI as opposed to taxing wages
> would result in a 40% increase in Medicare receipts while giving the
> lower income people a small tax break. �That should keep the Medicare HI
> program solvent for a while without a rate increase, i.e. The rate of
> 2.9% is applied to AGI instead of to wages. �
>
> And the actual fear mongering concerning medicare seems to be based on
> demographics. �The demographics part may require an increase in the tax
> rate. So be it. �Taking the system OUT of government will not solve any
> of the problems. �And it will make the control of costs all the more
> difficult. �It will make matters worse.
>


Look a big reason why health care cost of going up is because we don't
take care of ourself, our diet and life styles. The reason many people
get sick is because of what they eat and how they live(notice the
word, 'many' and not, 'all').

You want to tax something, tax processed foods, white bread, TV
dinners, things with added sugar and corn starch, etc. Now you are
getting to the problem. Hey, maybe Obama can stop smoking(please don't
tell me how hard it is, I'm an ex smoker). Get the crap they feed our
kids out of the schools and teach them to eat right.