Comments on: The Nation Corrects Vox on Sanders Tax Hike https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/04/14/the-nation-corrects-vox-on-sanders-tax-hike/ Sat, 16 Apr 2016 22:21:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Douglas C Alder https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/04/14/the-nation-corrects-vox-on-sanders-tax-hike/#comment-469169 Sat, 16 Apr 2016 22:21:23 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=22376#comment-469169 L.Long check your math 🙂 If at age 20 you are paying an extra $2,000 per annum for insurance and do so for 50 years before requiring $100,000 worth of healthcare then you have already paid that $100,000 (50×2000) so no real benefit. You could have invested that money and reaped some interest/capital gains etc instead of letting some other entity get it. I’m all for single payer btw – being Canadian it’s saved my life on more than one occasion – I just think you need a better example 🙂

]]> By: zebra https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/04/14/the-nation-corrects-vox-on-sanders-tax-hike/#comment-469168 Fri, 15 Apr 2016 16:43:51 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=22376#comment-469168 Completely irrelevant.

In a Bernie v Kasich (or even Cruz) general election, what would matter would be the ads:

“Bernie is promising to take away your employer-provided health insurance, raise your taxes, and cut your compensation.”

Completely True, unlike many Republican charges. And Bernie would lose massively.

Remember Harry and Louise?

It is magical thinking to argue about the merits of a plan that will never be implemented.

]]> By: L.Long https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/04/14/the-nation-corrects-vox-on-sanders-tax-hike/#comment-469167 Fri, 15 Apr 2016 10:41:05 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=22376#comment-469167 Right! Most ‘mericans can’t even do simple math and could care less about the future! Believing that a bomb from ISIS is terrifying but driving your car is safe! Is a good example of their math inability! Most people don’t realize the escalating costs of health care as they get older, so paying an extra $2000/yr at 20yrs old is terrible, but this would allow you to get $100000 worth of medical treatment at 70yrs old. The math is simple but no one does it!!!!! Especially when you think you will be dead by 60 because of all the drugs you used!!!

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