Posted by
flagwaver on Saturday, February 12, 2011 8:16:48 PM
Recently, my brother and I were having a conversation about the clown in the White House and his ridiculous Obamacare plan. Specifically he was calling to celebrate the decision that struck down the law as unconstitutional and he said something about the whole plan that I had never even thought of" When Obama and his cronies say that Obamacare's fees are really a tax, they aren't lying. They just aren't being totally upfront, either. My brother, known at TH as Nolan273, hit upon the idea that this was all just a tax scam so that the government can take ever increasing amounts of money from us, but can sort of shift the blame away from themselves...and maybe even make it look like a noble act.
The way he and I figure it, part of the whole Obamacare scam revolves around the fact that even though there are supposed to be massive cuts to Medicare, there are still massive unfunded liabilities attached that have to be paid for by someone at some time. What the government is doing is forcing us to pay for this by trying to sneak up the amount of federal withholding for Medicare, and at the same time forcing the states to increase taxes on us to fund Medicaid as well.
Think about it, in the United States in 2008 we spent $599 billion dollars on Medicare, with our state of North Carolina spending $10 billion dollars on the program alone, not including Medicaid. And where does that money come from? The taxpayers, of course! And with a stagnant economy and a real unemployment rate hovering at about 15%, how long is it going to be before the feds start clamoring for another raise in payroll taxes to cover the mounting number of Baby Boomers starting to use the Medicare system for their health care needs?
I am indebted to my brother for this particular insight, because I never thought of it that way. Let us know what you all think about it, because it makes perfect sense to me!