Mood:  bright

Over 40 million people do not have health care coverage.  We furnish such coverage to people we have placed in our prisons.  Also give health coverage to ememy combatants we have captured during a war. How can we do less for our fellow citizens?

Please examine my web sites  benjaminpodgor.com  and benjaminpodgor.com/Healthcare.html and tell me if you agree or why you do not.

Ben Podgor  8/13/08 

I proposed that we have National Healthcare Through Medicare.  Suggested that we could get funds by a tax on our National Wealth. This would be about 1 to 2 % estate tax.  On my web site I showed why this was a fair tax.

 To those who object, I would like to point out, that though they may not realize this, the lowering of the interest rate from 5% to 2% has resulted in such a "tax" on their estate of 3%.  When, for example they buy a CD, they are earning 3% less than previously earned.

The only trouble with such "tax" is that the funds did not go to the government and are not available to purchase National Healthcare Through Medicare.

If we had established a National Healthcare System Through Medicare, many people who could not meet their mortgage payments might not have fallen into that position.