Originally posted by EladarIt's a federal tax collected on behalf of the states, who signed over their right to tax to the Feds several decades ago. It's 100% distributed back to the states, who spend almost all of it on hospitals - it's accepted that the states' biggest expense by far is health. It's only "general" in the way that it's collected nationally by the Feds.
Just looked up that tax. It is a general tax only federal. Not just for medical care.
01 Dec 16
Originally posted by KewpieThanks for clearing that up. I thought it might go for other things as well. Our sales taxes get applied to all sorts of things.
It's a federal tax collected on behalf of the states, who signed over their right to tax to the Feds several decades ago. It's 100% distributed back to the states, who spend almost all of it on hospitals - it's accepted that the states' biggest expense by far is health. It's only "general" in the way that it's collected nationally by the Feds.
01 Dec 16
Originally posted by no1marauderNice to see that you speak for the people comrad.
The People speak for all and each individual gets a vote, not a veto. So long as the Natural Rights of all are protected, that is surely in keeping with any theory of a representative democratic State.
Originally posted by EladarIf by my logic you mean the logic of Lockean democracies such as the US, then the People will have to deal with the consequences of his election and obey the policies that result from it unless those policies contradict the Natural Law and then they are morally free to disobey them.
I guess by your logic all of the people of the US gladly elected Trump as President of the United States.
01 Dec 16
Originally posted by no1marauderSo you agree everyone in the United States is happy Trump was elected according to your logic.
If by my logic you mean the logic of Lockean democracies such as the US, then the People will have to deal with the consequences of his election and obey the policies that result from it unless those policies contradict the Natural Law and then they are morally free to disobey them.
02 Dec 16
Originally posted by robbie carrobieTo a vast majority of Americans? No
Just how divisive is this Trump administration? Its very difficult to get any real sense of it purely by reading articles. Only yesterday I was reading an article which likened it to the civil war. Is it really that divisive?
To the extremists leftists and facist of both right and left? I hope so