If healthcare will be funded by taxes?
Q. but health insurance is still mandatory under the threat of a fine what is the point in funding it with taxation? I live in a country where healthcare is funded by taxes and you don't have to pay insurance on top so it doesn't effect me at all. I just wondered how you've managed to get it all a/rse backwards. Good point on car insurance - but road tax pays towards more than just uninsured accidents. It pays for road maintanence too.
Asked by Matt H - Mon Mar 22 13:38:48 2010 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Car insurance is mandatory too but we still have to pay a portion for the people who never ever get car insurance, who pay for the roadways(county hospital supplies) to be repaired when Mr. uninsured motorist hits a wall or takes out a guard rail? Response to your details: Then you understand my point exactly. The taxed, masses will be footing the bill for the uninsured sooner than you think. When people opt to pay the penalty rather than pay into the insurance, as the insurance is more expensive than the penalty. The when something goes wrong in their lives and they need need costly care such as surgeries, and medications they hop aboard the insurance train they cannot be denied from by law. Now extrapolate that into the ten, hundred… [cont.]
Answered by rabidkitty - Mon Mar 22 13:44:32 2010

Is New Zealand's government crazy enough to bankrupt their country with Cap and Tax?
Q. churchville, VA No country in the world would risk as much for global warming as New Zealand if it goes ahead with the cap-and-trade energy taxation installed by Helen Clarke s now-departed Labour Government. New Zealand s economy is almost completely dependent on its farm exports: lamb, dairy products, beef and high-end white wines. Half of New Zealand s carbon emissions come from cattle and sheep. If New Zealand taxes its cows and sheep hundreds of dollars per animal for methane emissions and manure handling fees, Argentina would almost immediately displace New Zealand s farm exports. Argentina has more grass, more cattle, the potential for more lambs, a surging wine industry and no Kyoto obligations. Based on U.S. and Australian… [cont.]
Asked by Brad - Fri Jun 5 12:38:49 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. yes they are, they tax any thing there, cigs there run $12 a pack, they have a 12.5% national sales tax figured in, every thing is taxed there to pay for their free health care
Answered by Paul Grass is back - Fri Jun 12 19:54:48 2009

How much tax is fair?
Q. SOURCE Michael F. Forster, 'Trends and Driving Factors in Income Distribution and Poverty in the OECD Area', OECD Labour Market and Social Policy Occasional Paper 42 definition proportion of taxes paid by the broad income group - richest 30% (Data is for mid-1990s). Taxes include all direct income taxes, including employee social security contributions. Income groups were built on the basis of final disposable adjusted income. Taxation Statistics > Contribution by richest 30% by country Rank Countries Amount (top to bottom) #1 France: 67.9% #2 Ireland: 66.4% #3 United States: 65.3% #4 Australia: 65.1% #5 Belgium: 63.5% #6 Italy: 62.3% #7 United Kingdom: 62% #8 Canada: 60.4% #9 Finland: 56.8%… [cont.]
Asked by GREAT_AMERICAN - Sun Jun 3 14:24:54 2007 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. I have a great suggestion, let's repeal the 16th Amendment and then have this discussion. After how ever long it takes for us to agree, we can do a sales tax, which is really the equal of all kinds of tax.
Answered by rmagedon - Sun Jun 3 18:27:23 2007