U.S. Politics

[Fenwyr]

To be honest, if you have a healthy, potentially larger workforce paying significantly less for health care, they are going to spend more money.  A boost in the economy goes right back to the 5%.

[Fenwyr]

So wait, a 13.3% tax increase on top of Medicare? Yeah, that's going to go over well.

Where did you see the 13.3% in there?

[Fenwyr]

Also, are you sure that link is current?  It is copyrighted 2011 and sites studies from 2002 and 2004...

[AlioTheFool]

Where did you see the 13.3% in there?

I did the math, but it may have been wrong. Maybe the 4.5% listed twice is the same charge. So it would be 8.8% on top of Medicare. I still don't see how that's going to fly.

Do businesses pay almost 9% of their income in healthcare costs?

[Fenwyr]

I did the math, but it may have been wrong. Maybe the 4.5% listed twice is the same charge. So it would be 8.8% on top of Medicare. I still don't see how that's going to fly.

Do businesses pay almost 9% of their income in healthcare costs?

I think it meant normal businesses, self employed, and government.  The explanaiton was not worded very well.

[Tommy]

I think it meant normal businesses, self employed, and government.  The explanaiton was not worded very well.

Good old government making things easy to understand.

[Badger]

Good old government making things easy to understand.

The figures quoted appear to be from a PAC.

[Andrew Ryan]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/16/slain-dnc-staffer-had-contact-with-wikileaks-investigator-says.html

The Seth Rich "investigator" was exposed as a fraud so better luck next time.

[Badger]

A piece of excrement pol in Montana attacked a reporter the day before the election (which is today).

[bojanglesman]

A piece of excrement pol in Montana attacked a reporter the day before the election (which is today).

Is this the equivalent of failing a drug test at the NFL combine?

[AlioTheFool]

He wasn't even arrested at first. It turns out the sheriff is a campaign contributor.

He's since been charged with a misdemeanor. It was probably hard to sweep under the rug once Fox News reporters who witnessed it reported it.

[Badger]

[Fenwyr]

Only in Montana.

[Tommy]

Probably not too difficult. Newspaper reporters are mostly nerdy dudes who weigh like 120lbs.

[bojanglesman]

He still won the election.  I guess there were quite a few absentee ballots already submitted.  I guess if the guy owns up to screwing up and being an poopchute, it'll all blow over after a while.  If he apologizes with conditions and explanations, it will follow him.