Author Topic: US Politics/2016 Election Pick Your Poison Master Thread (Read 3827738 times)

aygart · « **Reply #11761 on:** March 14, 2017, 10:57:03 PM »

https://www.wsj.com/articles/medicaid-is-free-so-why-does-it-require-a-mandate-1489529946 …

That brings us back to the AHCA. According to the CBO, able-bodied adults on Medicaid receive about $6,000 a year in government health-insurance benefits. They pay no premiums and minimal copays. You’d think that eligible individuals would need no prodding to sign up for such a benefit.
And yet, according to its analysis of the GOP ObamaCare replacement, the CBO believes that there are five million Americans who wouldn’t sign up for Medicaid if it weren’t for ObamaCare’s individual mandate. You read that right: Five million people need the threat of a $695 fine to sign up for a free program that offers them $6,000 worth of subsidized health insurance. That’s more than 1 in 5 of the 24 million people the CBO (dubiously) claims would end up uninsured if the AHCA supplanted ObamaCare.
On its face, there’s reason to doubt the CBO’s view. The mandate is enforced through the income-tax system, and enforcement of the mandate has been spotty for those in low tax brackets. Many of those eligible for Medicaid don’t work or file returns. Under rules established by the Obama administration, those who do can leave the “I have insurance” box blank and face no penalty.
Still, it’s remarkable that the CBO believes people need to be fined into signing up for Medicaid. That tells us something about the CBO’s assessment of Medicaid’s value to those individuals—and it buttresses the GOP’s case that Medicaid needs substantial reform.

ExGingi · « **Reply #11762 on:** March 14, 2017, 11:55:38 PM »

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-15/saudi-prince-sees-trump-as-true-friend-to-muslims-full-text

aygart · « **Reply #11763 on:** March 15, 2017, 08:35:52 AM »

Really now? He shouldn't have claimed them? Is there anyone who has EVER done that?

Also from that article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/14/us/politics/donald-trump-taxes.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0

aygart · « **Reply #11764 on:** March 15, 2017, 08:46:10 AM »

yuneeq · « **Reply #11765 on:** March 15, 2017, 09:16:28 AM »

Quote from: aygart on March 15, 2017, 08:35:52 AM

Really now? He shouldn't have claimed them? Is there anyone who has EVER done that?

"By working his tuchis off to earn $150mm, Donald Trump apparently paid tens of millions of dollars in taxes that he otherwise would be exempt from."

Sad how the media is still trying to save their narrative.
You lost this one bigly! Save face and move on to the next thing.