There's this nugget that Ryan and Price have been rolling in their mouths for years, and that dog won't hunt:
"Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Tex.) worried that one idea floated by Republicans — a refundable tax credit — would not work for middle-class families that cannot afford to prepay their premiums and wait for a tax refund."
Then this one:
"Republicans have also discussed the idea of generating revenue for their plan by taking aim at deductions that allow most Americans to get health insurance through their employers without paying extra taxes on it. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who has drafted his own bill to reform the Affordable Care Act, said in response, “It sounds like we are going to be raising taxes on the middle class in order to pay for these new credits.”
Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Tex.), who chairs a key tax-writing subcommittee, countered, “I don’t see it that way,” adding that there is “a tax break on employer-sponsored health care and nowhere else” equal to $3.6 trillion over 10 years."
Tax the middle class that way? AAAAAWCH! Although I think employer supplied health insurance should be taxed as income, because it is. But, who's gonna go for that? This is America, the land of the absurd being the norm.
The republicans will be fked in two years.
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