Don't you think we should put a tax on the number of hours that people
are awake for per day? People will make better decisions if they're
sufficiently rested.
Or we could tax people for the number of hours that they're not reading
great works of literature? Or place a tax on people every time they cite
a book that they've not actually read? - this would bring in tens of
trillions.
Anyway, I'm just competing re. policy ideas with my academic peers...
SPOTLIGHT: FINANCING REFORM, IN 41 PAGES
Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and ranking member
Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) release a 41-page document outlining policy
options for financing health care reform. The document -- the third and
final to be released before the senators draft health reform legislation
-- says Baucus and Grassley do not support all the proposals, but does
not indicate which are backed by the senators. The options, which will
be discussed on Wednesday, include a number of proposed spending cuts
and new or revised taxes. The report outlines several ways to gain
revenue by re-evaluating the tax exemption for employer-sponsored health
care benefits, which cost the government $194.2 billion in revenue in
2008, including capping the amount of health benefits that can qualify
for the exemption and taxing benefits for higher-income residents, among
other proposals. The document also proposes new taxes on alcohol and
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