On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 6:20 PM, Rceeberger<rceeber...@comcast.net> wrote: > > On 9/6/2009 8:11:40 PM, John Williams (jwilliams4...@gmail.com) wrote: >> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Rceeberger<rceeber...@comcast.net> wrote: >> > >> > On 9/6/2009 7:47:52 PM, John Williams (jwilliams4...@gmail.com) wrote: >> >> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Rceeberger<rceeber...@comcast.net> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> > We do not tax everyone in the world, so they do not need to be >> >> considered as part of this discussion. >> >> >> >> "We" do not tax everyone in the US, so are you proposing not to >> >> provide health care to the about 50% of the US population that (net) >> >> does not pay taxes? >> >> >> > Name them. >> >> You mean name the bottom 50% of all taxpayers? I >> don't have enough >> space to do that in this email, but check the tables here, for >> example: >> >> http://www.taxfoundation.org/news/show/250.html >> >> In 2007, there was $1.115 trillion collected in federal income taxes. >> The top 50% of taxpayers paid $1.083 trillion, or 97.1% of taxes >> collected. The IRS tables I found don't >> break it down for the bottom >> 50%, but obviously there is a percentile under 50, probably above 40, >> where there are no federal income taxes paid. >> > Snip> > > That is evidence that we maintain our civilization by maintaining people as a > resource. > It does not follow that 50% do not pay taxes.
In dollars, that is exactly what is shows. And dollars are what is currently used to pay for most health care in the US. Unless you are advocating forced-service in some US health care corps. _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
