Quote Originally Posted by andruejaysin
Hell, why pay for it at all? Let's have universal healthcare and pay for it with a tax cut. Just leave it to the next generation to pay for it all.
Brilliant, and very hateful. A tax on the rich would more than fund health care, that and stopping the insane wars. If we cared as much about peoples health as we cared about the bottom line, we might get some decent health care.
medicinal Reviewed by medicinal on . Edwards: raise taxes for healthcare WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. presidential candidate John Edwards on Sunday said that he would raise taxes, chiefly on the wealthy, to pay for expanded healthcare coverage under a plan costing $90 billion to $120 billion a year to be unveiled on Monday. "We'll have to raise taxes. The only way you can pay for a healthcare plan that cost anywhere from $90 to $120 billion is there has to be a revenue source," Edwards said on NBC's Meet the Press news program. Edwards: raise Rating: 5