Congratulations! We just passed April 9th! I’m sure you know what April 9th is, right? If not, let me tell you:
Taxes amount to 27% of our income for the average American. January 1st to April 9th represents 27% of the year. So starting April 10th, the money you earn is the money you actually get to keep. That’s right, 99 days out of 365 days go to Uncle Sam. And just in time for April 15th—Tax Day!
You might have heard about the coffin that was left on Russ Carnahan’s home lawn after Tea Party members were there for a peaceful vigil lamenting the passage of the health care bill. The coffin symbolized the death of Americans’ freedoms.
But why didn’t Carnahan’s office produce it? Why not take photos? Why not let the press see it before you removed it?
What did you say? There actually was NO COFFIN LEFT ON THE LAWN? Oh, got it. You made it.
KTVI has all the info here (scroll down for the video).
Some of you might not realize that Massachusetts already has mandated health care. So how is it going in Massachusetts?
Jeff Emanuel at The New Ledger has some insight:
“Far from reducing the cost of health insurance, Massachusetts’s individual mandate has driven costs up at twice the average national rate. This was entirely predictable; after all, what can possibly reduce downward pressure on a price more effectively than a legal requirement to purchase it, whatever the cost? According to the Connector, the least expensive price for an insurance policy for a 50 year old non-smoker in 2008 was $3,599 a year ($299.94 per month), with a $2,000 deductible. Next door in Connecticut, that price was just $1,468 a year ($122.36 per month, with a $2,500 deductible) – and Connecticut hadn’t even spent $1.3 billion on controlling and engineering their state’s health care marketplace!”
So this is what we have to look forward to it nationalized health care passes. I can’t wait.
via: Ben Domenech at The New Ledger