Why we can't just admit that universal health care should be paid by taxes????

[garybeck]

Yes, your taxes will go up! Yes they will!

BUT>>>>>> and that is a BIG BUT!!!

BUT, you will have MORE money in your pocket overall, because you won't be paying monthly premiums, copays, and deductibles.

SO OVERALL, THE AVERAGE AMERICAN WILL PAY LESS!

I don't understand, why they can't just say it.

Say it NOW.

It's not a nuance. It's not something we should be scared to explain, thinking people are too stupid to understand and they will freak out when they hear "taxes will go up."

JUST SAY IT!

Taxes will go up. Your take home pay will go up. Overall, most people will end up with MORE MONEY in their pocket.

That is the whole point of doing it in the first place!!! To SAVE MONEY for AMERICANS.

When we take PROFIT out of the picture, and have a SINGLE PAYER, the first thing is the that the overall costs GO DOWN for health care. So we all SAVE MONEY. Do to this, we all pay together.

Why, when Dems get asked "how are you going to pay for universal health care? are taxes going to go up?" they shake in their shoes and they beat around the bush and they don't just answer the question.

YES TAXES WILL GO UP. BUT MOST AMERICANS WILL HAVE MORE MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS BECAUSE THE PROFIT WILL GO AWAY AND EVERYONE WILL BE CONTRIBUTING.

YES YOUR TAXES WILL GO UP, BUT THAT $750 PER MONTH YOU ARE PAYING FOR YOUR FAMILY JUST TO HAVE A PLAN THAT STILL MAKES YOU PAY FOR A LOT OF HEALTH CARE COSTS (COPAY, DEDUCTIBLES, PREMIUMS.....), THAT WILL GO AWAY IN EXCHANGE.

So take your pick. you can pay MORE with your premiums, deductibles, and copays, or you can pay LESS with taxes.

I think most people will take the latter.

I think the Dems, thus far, are losing this discussion and no one, including those who are putting universal health care on the front of their agenda, no one is explaining this in a simple way and admitting, YES, you will pay for health care through TAXES, but it will cost LESS than you are paying now.

Tonight in the debate I saw it again. No one will admit that taxes will go up, and simply explain that most people will end up saving money overall.

JUST SAY IT, and BEAT IT LIKE A DRUM, so that 12 months from now, when they go to the ballot box, people will have gotten it long ago.