A 6 year old could of made that graphic for all we know.
Where is the employer contribution?
A graph like this is absolutely worthless if it doesn’t also show things like the rate of change of healthcare costs and employer contributions. I don’t see the purpose of comparing it to inflation either. Does anyone think advancements in medicine and their related costs should increase at a rate lower than the inflation rate? How does anyone not understand that increasing a mans average life expectancy from 46 in 1900 to above 76 now is not going to cost a lot of money?
[quote]cwill1973 wrote:
A graph like this is absolutely worthless if it doesn’t also show things like the rate of change of healthcare costs and employer contributions. I don’t see the purpose of comparing it to inflation either. Does anyone think advancements in medicine and their related costs should increase at a rate lower than the inflation rate? How does anyone not understand that increasing a mans average life expectancy from 46 in 1900 to above 76 now is not going to cost a lot of money?[/quote]
Come on man. Take that logic elsewhere.
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
Dear CJS , I know it is out of your ability to think outside the box . but if you tax all the products at the wholesale level all the manufacturers will have to pay taxes . That includes all the people packing their bags for foreign shores . All those Chinese, Indian and List of the largest trading partners of the United States - Wikipedia. Big boon to American tax coffers and to American Corporations . No more tax 
I know econ 101 does not discuss that [/quote]
use that logic
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
Dear CJS , I know it is out of your ability to think outside the box .[/quote]
Some of us like to have information when we think whether it’s in or outside the box. Some of us aren’t inclined to accept just any ol graph on the internet at face value when the source of the graph let alone the data is omitted. Especially when the person that posted the graph failed to correctly read a table that was pasted/linked specifically for him in this very thread.
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
I’ll help you out Pitt.
http://kff.org/report-section/ehbs-2014-summary-of-findings/[/quote]
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
Dear CJS , I know it is out of your ability to think outside the box . but if you tax all the products at the wholesale level all the manufacturers will have to pay taxes . That includes all the people packing their bags for foreign shores . All those Chinese, Indian and List of the largest trading partners of the United States - Wikipedia. Big boon to American tax coffers and to American Corporations . No more tax I know econ 101 does not discuss that [/quote]
use that logic
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How do you think the Chinese will react to this?
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
Dear CJS , I know it is out of your ability to think outside the box . but if you tax all the products at the wholesale level all the manufacturers will have to pay taxes . That includes all the people packing their bags for foreign shores . All those Chinese, Indian and List of the largest trading partners of the United States - Wikipedia. Big boon to American tax coffers and to American Corporations . No more tax I know econ 101 does not discuss that [/quote]
use that logic
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How do you think the Chinese will react to this? [/quote]
I think the Chinese would hate to compete with America on equal footing , Tax American corps OK tax Chinese Corps not OK ?
This thread started out with some potential, but then it degraded into a thoughful discussion regarding our tax issues.
damn you PWI’ers!!
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
Dear CJS , I know it is out of your ability to think outside the box . but if you tax all the products at the wholesale level all the manufacturers will have to pay taxes . That includes all the people packing their bags for foreign shores . All those Chinese, Indian and List of the largest trading partners of the United States - Wikipedia. Big boon to American tax coffers and to American Corporations . No more tax I know econ 101 does not discuss that [/quote]
use that logic
[/quote]
How do you think the Chinese will react to this? [/quote]
I think the Chinese would hate to compete with America on equal footing , Tax American corps OK tax Chinese Corps not OK ?
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?.. I can vaguely remember what we were even discussing here, but I doubt I said we should tax American corporations and not Chinese corporations. I actually don’t think C Corps. should be taxed on revenue.
The Chinese have a much larger evolving consumer base than the U.S. and are much closer in proximity to the very large evolving consumer base of India. So I doubt the U.S. wants to compete, on equal footing, with China either.
[quote]Edgy wrote:
This thread started out with some potential, but then it degraded into a thoughful discussion regarding our tax issues.
damn you PWI’ers!![/quote]
Unfortunately that’s what happens when people can’t read a simple chart.