In some ways, all the drama about Senator Harry Reid’s ”dialect” comments works in his favor. While we argue about whether he should resign, he’ll be busy picking our pockets:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid comes back to Washington next week seemingly humbled … but the senator returns with the one bright spot — the president’s blessing on a health care bill that could end up raising taxes on thousands of middle class workers and their families.
We’re talking about the “Cadillac tax,” of course, and Obama just reiterated his support for this idea. No matter that it means breaking another of his campaign promises.
Over the weekend, Obama outlined his support for the Reid plan to impose a “Cadillac tax” on high-end health insurance policies … White House Council of Economic Advisers chief Christina Romer said Sunday the president is not willing to move very far on his position.
Unfortunately for the luckless American worker, the health insurance policies that Senator Reid and President Obama want to tax include many a Chevy and Ford.
A proposed exemption up to $23,000 for some workers leaves one in four union employees — including some first responders — exposed to tax hikes, labor leaders say.
The President is going to meet with union leaders next week, and they will threaten to keep their money in their pockets during this election cycle if this problem isn’t fixed.
What they will almost certainly get is a special exemption for union members. Think not? The unfortunate reality is that this sleazy idea has been on the table since last summer:
Sen. Max Baucus … would like to slap a tax on private health plans to pay for a new government one. But they’ve carved out one very big exception: unions and their gold-plated benefit packages.
So, it would serve us well to remember that Reid and Obama are still partners in crime. We’ll be better off if we focus less on Reid’s braying and more on what he’s planning to do to our paychecks.
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