Why The Individual Mandate Is Not A ‘Massive Tax Hike’ On The Middle Class

[Care4all]

Taxation: The high bench has confirmed that ObamaCare's individual mandate is a massive tax on the American middle class. But let's not forget the 20 other new taxes that are embedded in the law.

Though President Obama never sold it as a tax hike, the Supreme Court ruled the mandate is exactly that. Unfortunately, the majority argued it's legal under Congress' taxing authority.

Forcing citizens to buy health insurance "is absolutely not a tax increase," Obama insisted in 2009. Earlier, he assured the public that raising taxes on the middle class to support his health care plan was "the last thing we need in an economy like this." "Folks are already having a tough enough time," Obama added.

Indeed they are. But his plan, which subsidizes some 30 million uninsured, amounts to a $1.8 trillion whammy on working families. And that's just for starters.

The court was silent about the 20 other different taxes hidden in ObamaCare, more than half of which affect families earning less than $250,000 a year.

The new taxes, which cost some $675 billion over the next decade, include:

• A 2.3% excise tax on U.S. sales of medical devices that's already devastating the medical supply industry and its workforce. The levy is a $20 billion blow to an industry that employs roughly 400,000.

ObamaCare's 21 New Taxes Are 21 More Reasons To Repeal The Onerous Law - Investors.com

didn't see any tax on the middle class individual in that list, did you?

 

[paulitician]

The Middle Class just got screwed again. They'll pay for this debacle, in more ways than one.

 

[Avatar4321]

This November's election just became all about Obamacare. Tell me something. If the government can't force me to eat broccolli, but can tax me if I don't, how is this any different?

It's not.

 

[clevergirl]

Taxation: The high bench has confirmed that ObamaCare's individual mandate is a massive tax on the American middle class. But let's not forget the 20 other new taxes that are embedded in the law.

Though President Obama never sold it as a tax hike, the Supreme Court ruled the mandate is exactly that. Unfortunately, the majority argued it's legal under Congress' taxing authority.

Forcing citizens to buy health insurance "is absolutely not a tax increase," Obama insisted in 2009. Earlier, he assured the public that raising taxes on the middle class to support his health care plan was "the last thing we need in an economy like this." "Folks are already having a tough enough time," Obama added.

Indeed they are. But his plan, which subsidizes some 30 million uninsured, amounts to a $1.8 trillion whammy on working families. And that's just for starters.

The court was silent about the 20 other different taxes hidden in ObamaCare, more than half of which affect families earning less than $250,000 a year.

The new taxes, which cost some $675 billion over the next decade, include:

• A 2.3% excise tax on U.S. sales of medical devices that's already devastating the medical supply industry and its workforce. The levy is a $20 billion blow to an industry that employs roughly 400,000.

ObamaCare's 21 New Taxes Are 21 More Reasons To Repeal The Onerous Law - Investors.com

didn't see any tax on the middle class individual in that list, did you?

How did you miss Obama's largest tax hike on working families in our nations history?

But his plan, which subsidizes some 30 million uninsured, amounts to a $1.8 trillion whammy on working families.

As to the other taxes in the list? Liberals (voting class not the political class) are always so stiff necked stupid when it comes to how other taxation happens by way of cost increases... seriously wake the hell up.

 

[paulitician]

Both the very poor and very rich had nothing to lose. They will both celebrate this ruling. It's the Middle Class who will suffer and pay for this. But in reality, all Americans will suffer. Big Brother now owns your body. American Citizens have become his slaves with this ruling.

 

[CaféAuLait]

A Kaiser Family Foundation survey of employers last year found that average premiums for an employer-provided family policy, which is more likely to be the type of comprehensive coverage required by ObamaCare, was $13,375, about 25% of the median household income of $52,000.



That $13,375 family policy costs the same for both lower- and higher-income workers. So if the mandate is a tax, it's equivalent to a 50% income tax on a family making $25,000 a year but a 10% income tax on a family making $130,000 a year. Talk about regressive taxes!...

Of course, the Obama administration will argue that it is addressing the regressivity problem by providing a sliding-scale subsidy, up to 400% of the federal poverty level (about $88,000 for a family of four in 2010), to insulate lower- and middle-income families. And the administration might argue that its efforts to encourage employers to provide coverage, by imposing a fine on them if they don't, also reduces the cost to most families.

But subsidies don't negate the fact that ObamaCare imposes the tax on every individual in the country. It simply means that someone else--i.e., either employers or other taxpayers--will be paying the tax for millions of Americans.

The Biggest Tax Increase In U.S. History? - Forbes.com

Obamacare Ruling May Be Bad News For Stressed Tax Code

Because the High Court found that the penalty for not having coverage is a tax and not a fee or a banana, it ruled Congress has the constitutional authority to impose such a levy. In effect, the 5-4 decision written by Chief Justice Roberts concluded that Congress can tax you for failing to acquire insurance. Thus, the mandate as created by the ACA is constitutional.

Obamacare Ruling May Be Bad News For Stressed Tax Code - Forbes

 

[dilloduck]

Both the very poor and very rich had nothing to lose. They will both celebrate this ruling. It's the Middle Class who will suffer and pay for this. But in reality, all Americans will suffer. Big Brother now owns your body. American Citizens have become his slaves with this ruling.

How about Christian Scientists? It would be against their religion.

 

[Lakhota]

Both the very poor and very rich had nothing to lose. They will both celebrate this ruling. It's the Middle Class who will suffer and pay for this. But in reality, all Americans will suffer. Big Brother now owns your body. American Citizens have become his slaves with this ruling.

Please explain - with some credible facts.

 

[Listening]

Taxation: The high bench has confirmed that ObamaCare's individual mandate is a massive tax on the American middle class. But let's not forget the 20 other new taxes that are embedded in the law.

Though President Obama never sold it as a tax hike, the Supreme Court ruled the mandate is exactly that. Unfortunately, the majority argued it's legal under Congress' taxing authority.

Forcing citizens to buy health insurance "is absolutely not a tax increase," Obama insisted in 2009. Earlier, he assured the public that raising taxes on the middle class to support his health care plan was "the last thing we need in an economy like this." "Folks are already having a tough enough time," Obama added.

Indeed they are. But his plan, which subsidizes some 30 million uninsured, amounts to a $1.8 trillion whammy on working families. And that's just for starters.

The court was silent about the 20 other different taxes hidden in ObamaCare, more than half of which affect families earning less than $250,000 a year.

The new taxes, which cost some $675 billion over the next decade, include:

• A 2.3% excise tax on U.S. sales of medical devices that's already devastating the medical supply industry and its workforce. The levy is a $20 billion blow to an industry that employs roughly 400,000.

ObamaCare's 21 New Taxes Are 21 More Reasons To Repeal The Onerous Law - Investors.com

didn't see any tax on the middle class individual in that list, did you?

You can't read.

 

[Annie]

The biggest damn tax hike in the history of America. Democrats done good today.. vewy good.

Okay, then please provide proof of your claim. I provided proof that it isn't.

The Biggest Tax Increase In U.S. History? - Forbes.com

from the above link:

...A Kaiser Family Foundation survey of employers last year found that average premiums for an employer-provided family policy, which is more likely to be the type of comprehensive coverage required by ObamaCare, was $13,375, about 25% of the median household income of $52,000.

That $13,375 family policy costs the same for both lower- and higher-income workers. So if the mandate is a tax, it's equivalent to a 50% income tax on a family making $25,000 a year but a 10% income tax on a family making $130,000 a year. Talk about regressive taxes!

And that's if the mandate were going into effect this year--it doesn't start until 2014. Yet premiums have already started rising rapidly to cover the additional medical care and insurance regulations imposed by ObamaCare.

The Arizona Republic reported in July, "State and university employees with families can expect to see their monthly health-insurance costs rise as much as 37% next year, depending on the type of plan they choose." The article goes on to say, "Alan Ecker, Department of Administration spokesman, said health reform is ‘responsible for all increases for employee premiums' next year." While it's too early to know if such a premium-increase trend will continue until 2014, it's clear the ObamaCare "health insurance tax" will be even higher in the future...

 

[Care4all]

A Kaiser Family Foundation survey of employers last year found that average premiums for an employer-provided family policy, which is more likely to be the type of comprehensive coverage required by ObamaCare, was $13,375, about 25% of the median household income of $52,000.



That $13,375 family policy costs the same for both lower- and higher-income workers. So if the mandate is a tax, it's equivalent to a 50% income tax on a family making $25,000 a year but a 10% income tax on a family making $130,000 a year. Talk about regressive taxes!...

Of course, the Obama administration will argue that it is addressing the regressivity problem by providing a sliding-scale subsidy, up to 400% of the federal poverty level (about $88,000 for a family of four in 2010), to insulate lower- and middle-income families. And the administration might argue that its efforts to encourage employers to provide coverage, by imposing a fine on them if they don't, also reduces the cost to most families.

But subsidies don't negate the fact that ObamaCare imposes the tax on every individual in the country. It simply means that someone else--i.e., either employers or other taxpayers--will be paying the tax for millions of Americans.

The Biggest Tax Increase In U.S. History? - Forbes.com

Obamacare Ruling May Be Bad News For Stressed Tax Code

Because the High Court found that the penalty for not having coverage is a tax and not a fee or a banana, it ruled Congress has the constitutional authority to impose such a levy. In effect, the 5-4 decision written by Chief Justice Roberts concluded that Congress can tax you for failing to acquire insurance. Thus, the mandate as created by the ACA is constitutional.

Obamacare Ruling May Be Bad News For Stressed Tax Code - Forbes

how come they are not including the fact that the majority of Americans get a good deal of their health care costs paid by their employer in those figures? most Americans are NOT paying the 13k on a 52k family salary....

 

[Lakhota]

 

[WillowTree]

The biggest tax hike in American history. Bend over middle class.

 

[candycorn]

FactCheck.org : How Much Is the Obamacare ‘Tax’?

How Much Is the Obamacare ‘Tax’?

Posted on June 28, 2012





Q: How much will the “tax” penalty be for going without health insurance?


A: The minimum assessment will be $695 per person (but no more than $2,085 per family) in 2016, when fully phased in. The amount can be higher depending on income. But there are exemptions for low-income persons and others.


Just what I posted.

Most Americans have insurance; hence no tax. Epic fail.

 

[candycorn]

The biggest tax hike in American history. Bend over middle class.

​

From your link (which by the way was an op/ed which tells you how far you have to reach to find someone who agrees with you)

But subsidies don't negate the fact that ObamaCare imposes the tax on every individual in the country. It simply means that someone else--i.e., either employers or other taxpayers--will be paying the tax for millions of Americans.​

For most Americans, it means nothing; your "tax" is paid by your employer just as it is now.

 

[chanel]

 

[skookerasbil]

As usual, Lakota posts up a thread in the wrong forum. 90% of this guys stuff should either be in the PHILOSOPHY forum or the ECONOMICS forum. Its called not getting it.


Anyway........... cutting right to the politics, this peels off even more independents = 100% certainty. Sure some k00k liberal sites are going to spin shit, but the political fallout is that since Justice Roberts identified application of the law as a "tax", it cant be spun. Imagine the billions of ads we will see in the fall of the out and out lies on this from Obama. This will also cut into the younger voter bloc that went overwhelmingly for Obama in 2008. Also........this ruling makes certain the unemployment rate remains high for the balance of the year ( when you add the spectre of the expiration of the Bush tax cuts).........small business will not be hiring for shit. 55% of America loaths this health care law. Obama won 53% of the vote in 2008..............do the math!!!


To my conservative pals in here.........the k00ks will be falling all over themselves spinning BS for the next 4 months. Wont matter............in November, we'll see a reversal in the numbers from 2008. Romney just needs to hone his message a bit and simply show up for the debates when people start tuning in. The Independents will be in the bag..........and get this........ middle class liberal Democrats who dont want to be insured by the government will be coming over to our side ON THAT ISSUE ALONE.


Its all good..........yesterday sucked, but in the bigger picture, conservatives won the politics yesterday.


winning

 

[JoeB131]

The article is bullcrap.

Places like Mayo are already dumping Medicare because they are losing money. The only way they make it up is by cutting salaries.

I know far to many young people who have decided not to go to medical school because of this mess. We are already headed for a shortage of doctors because of the AMA,s miscalculations. It is only going to get worse.

You guys just bought us a two-tier medical system.

Great job !

Didn't we already have a two teired system?

Or more like a three teired system.

But if you are becoming a doctor because you want a 50 foot yacht and you can only buy a 30 foot one, you are probably a doctor for the wrong reason, and the medical profession is better off without you.

 

[syrenn]

The biggest damn tax hike in the history of America. Democrats done good today.. vewy good.

Okay, then please provide proof of your claim. I provided proof that it isn't.

If it is not a tax.... do tell.... Where do you think they are going to get the money for this?

From the people who don't pay any federal tax as it is?

 

[GuyPinestra]

The biggest tax hike in American history. Bend over middle class.

​

From your link (which by the way was an op/ed which tells you how far you have to reach to find someone who agrees with you)

But subsidies don't negate the fact that ObamaCare imposes the tax on every individual in the country. It simply means that someone else--i.e., either employers or other taxpayers--will be paying the tax for millions of Americans.​

For most Americans, it means nothing; your "tax" is paid by your employer just as it is now.

So, you believe that a tax paid by an employer is not passed on to it's customers? What fucking planet do YOU live on??