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06-08-2009, 01:18 AM #1
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Democrats Weigh Health Mandate as Obama Urges Taxing Wealthy
Democrats Weigh Health Mandate as Obama Urges Taxing Wealthy
By Laura Litvan and Ryan Donmoyer
June 7 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama wants Congress to consider taxing the wealthy instead of workers to pay for a health-care overhaul, as House Democrats discuss a plan to require health insurance for most Americans.
The Obama administration stepped up efforts to influence health-care legislation today as advisers David Axelrod and Austan Goolsbee appeared on television talk shows to discuss the issue.
The president is trying to avoid broad-based levies such as a Senate proposal to tax some employer-provided health benefits Axelrod said. Instead he is urging lawmakers to reconsider limiting all tax deductions for Americans in the highest tax brackets.
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06-08-2009, 06:40 AM #2
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Healthcare for Legal American citizens only!
If the government was going to help poor Americans that would be one thing but we know their concern is for the illegals population and that infuriates the American people.
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