Friday, June 19, 2009
Healthcare Funding
Can we definitively say who should be funded by the Feds in their healthcare? If we are going to do that, then maybe we should look at all entitlement programs meaning those programs where the government subsidizes how we survive. First, let’s establish a viable poverty line. We can do this by looking at how much our government gives to a totally disabled veteran returning from Iraq. The 100% disability pension to a young married man with no children is $33,876.00 a year, so set the poverty line at $34,000.00.
Next, overhaul the tax code by eliminating all exemptions, all deductions, all exclusions and all filing categories except “Citizen” and “Non-Citizen”. Now that the playing field is level, set a flat tax rate at 10% for citizens and 15% for non-citizens who exceed the poverty limit. The only “sliding-scale” should be between $34,000.00 and $38,000.00 (citizens) to $40,000.00 (non-citizens) to ensure that we do not “tax” anyone to below the poverty level. This level playing field would mean having more children would not get you more money, so the impetus for birth control would be greater.
Next are those entitlements for those “below” the poverty level. For housing entitlements, Chapter 8 should be rewritten to pay 100% for only those persons who are 100% disabled and unemployable. If you are employable, then we should be helping you get the training you need to work. The Feds have all types of job stats on what fields are really short of people and will be in the next five to ten years.
So now you are working, but you are still only making 50% of the poverty level, then the government subsidy would be 50% up to a point not to exceed the poverty level for combined income and subsidy. If you find an apartment for $900.00 a month, you pay the first $450.00 and the government subsidizes the other $450.00. Let’s say you have a “domestic partner” who is also making 50% of the poverty level. That would mean the two of you would share in a 25% subsidy. You take in a third adult room-mate, and the three of you share in a 17% subsidy. Children do not count as they are the sole responsibility of the person who brought them into this world. You want to have six children that is your business, not the governments.
Now we have made insurance rates less by placing insurance companies in direct competition with each other at the “feature” level, and we have raised the amount of revenue by instituting a “flat tax” across the board for individuals, companies and organizations. The only thing left to do is pass a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution that would require the Federal Government to balance the budget within 10 years and keep it balanced thereafter.
In the spirit of keeping the playing field level, all income to elected officials would be taxable and for any elected official to receive a pension, they would have to serve for the same amount of time as a government employee (30 years). The only exception would be the 20 year pension for the military.
But wait, there’s more…
Next, overhaul the tax code by eliminating all exemptions, all deductions, all exclusions and all filing categories except “Citizen” and “Non-Citizen”. Now that the playing field is level, set a flat tax rate at 10% for citizens and 15% for non-citizens who exceed the poverty limit. The only “sliding-scale” should be between $34,000.00 and $38,000.00 (citizens) to $40,000.00 (non-citizens) to ensure that we do not “tax” anyone to below the poverty level. This level playing field would mean having more children would not get you more money, so the impetus for birth control would be greater.
Next are those entitlements for those “below” the poverty level. For housing entitlements, Chapter 8 should be rewritten to pay 100% for only those persons who are 100% disabled and unemployable. If you are employable, then we should be helping you get the training you need to work. The Feds have all types of job stats on what fields are really short of people and will be in the next five to ten years.
So now you are working, but you are still only making 50% of the poverty level, then the government subsidy would be 50% up to a point not to exceed the poverty level for combined income and subsidy. If you find an apartment for $900.00 a month, you pay the first $450.00 and the government subsidizes the other $450.00. Let’s say you have a “domestic partner” who is also making 50% of the poverty level. That would mean the two of you would share in a 25% subsidy. You take in a third adult room-mate, and the three of you share in a 17% subsidy. Children do not count as they are the sole responsibility of the person who brought them into this world. You want to have six children that is your business, not the governments.
Now we have made insurance rates less by placing insurance companies in direct competition with each other at the “feature” level, and we have raised the amount of revenue by instituting a “flat tax” across the board for individuals, companies and organizations. The only thing left to do is pass a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution that would require the Federal Government to balance the budget within 10 years and keep it balanced thereafter.
In the spirit of keeping the playing field level, all income to elected officials would be taxable and for any elected official to receive a pension, they would have to serve for the same amount of time as a government employee (30 years). The only exception would be the 20 year pension for the military.
But wait, there’s more…
