The stupid tax debate versus talking about the benefits of Obamacare
Mon Jul 02, 2012 at 09:56 AM PDT by Jed LewisonFollow for Daily Kos
Forward with Obama or backward with Romney?
The stuff in this video is the debate worth having—not stupid tax semantic arcana Yes, there's no tax on the middle class, even though there is a tax penalty on would-be freeloaders.
Sure, we need to battle Republican disinformation, but nobody in their right mind is going to support Obamacare merely because it doesn't impose a broad-based tax. Nobody is going to support it merely because it has a mandate enforced through a tax penalty on people trying to make everyone else pay for their health care.
The reason people will support Obamacare is because it will give every American access to affordable health insurance. It makes sure that insurers cannot screw over people who have the misfortune of getting sick. In short, Obamacare will save lives and make people healthier. Obamacare is just a start—there's more to be done on health reform—but for the first time in our nation's history our nation has accepted in its laws the moral obligation to ensure every American can get quality health care. And that's an amazingly good thing.
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