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One aspect of John McCain's platform that hasn't received much attention is his plan to tax employer-paid health benefits as income. Bob Herbert talks about it in his NYT column today. All taxpayers would receive a refundable tax credit to help them pay for coverage. I do recall reading a couple of years ago that one reason Toyota chose to build a plant in Canada rather than in the US was because they didn't have to worry about health care coverage for Canadian workers--it did save them a significant amount of money. But. Canadian workers have a fallback, a healthcare system that, while it may have its faults, covers everyone. McCain's plan would leave the current for-profit system in place. I can't help but think that a substantial number of folks are going to be cast adrift.

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One aspect of John McCain's platform that hasn't received much attention is his plan to tax employer-paid health benefits as income. Bob Herbert talks about it in his NYT column today. All taxpayers would receive a refundable tax credit to help them pay for coverage. I do recall reading a couple of years ago that one reason Toyota chose to build a plant in Canada rather than in the US was because they didn't have to worry about health care coverage for Canadian workers--it did save them a significant amount of money. But. Canadian workers have a fallback, a healthcare system that, while it may have its faults, covers everyone. McCain's plan would leave the current for-profit system in place. I can't help but think that a substantial number of folks are going to be cast adrift.

I can see Russia from my house!

64 years ago, someone (the source is questionable) referred to presidential candidate Thomas E Dewey, a short man with a mustache and a stiff way of holding himself, as looking like "the bridegroom on the wedding cake." Up to that time, Dewey had been expected to beat Harry Truman, but some people felt that that comment poked a hole and let just enough air out of his image to drive some folks over to Truman. The election will be close, and anything can happen, but if McCain/Palin lose, I wonder if someone will look back at Tina Fey's spot-on impersonation of Palin and look at the polls and determine that the air started leaking out of the image around that time. Granted, I was never a fan, but I can't look at that woman now without hearing "I can see Russia from my house!"

I can see Russia from my house!

64 years ago, someone (the source is questionable) referred to presidential candidate Thomas E Dewey, a short man with a mustache and a stiff way of holding himself, as looking like "the bridegroom on the wedding cake." Up to that time, Dewey had been expected to beat Harry Truman, but some people felt that that comment poked a hole and let just enough air out of his image to drive some folks over to Truman. The election will be close, and anything can happen, but if McCain/Palin lose, I wonder if someone will look back at Tina Fey's spot-on impersonation of Palin and look at the polls and determine that the air started leaking out of the image around that time. Granted, I was never a fan, but I can't look at that woman now without hearing "I can see Russia from my house!"

from rarelylynne

When you see this, post another Buffy quote in your LJ. Let's see how long this can go on.

"You were my sire, man! You were my Yoda!"

from rarelylynne

When you see this, post another Buffy quote in your LJ. Let's see how long this can go on.

"You were my sire, man! You were my Yoda!"