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Originally Posted by flstf
There is no reason to go to extremes here. I don't see why allowing people to keep enough of their money to buy their own healthcare and pensions before taxing them to pay for others should cause public employees to be the least paid members of society?
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Well, if everyone else should have healthcare and benefits first, wouldn't that make them the last ones to ever get it?
This is a perfect example of the sad state of affairs of American politics. That in a situation where some have a hard time making ends meet, the reaction is not to propose a more progressive tax system (or to even react to a proposal that makes the tax system less progressive), or discuss public alternatives to health care. It is to demand that people who make as little as 25k a year go with even less. It's the public fighting the teachers while the same bill has a bunch of gifts for the wealthy.