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2016 Postmortem

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6. That s a different argument. I am simply addressing

Mon Jan 18, 2016, 01:07 PM

Jan 2016

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in this op the blatant lie that the 6.2% payroll tax represents an onerous burden on employers that will be shifted onto employees.

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Single payer and private insurance. [View all] Warren Stupidity Jan 2016 OP

Americans are innumerate--when they want to be Proserpina Jan 2016 #1

Medicare's tax is not 6.2%, that is for Social Security CommonSenseDemocrat Jan 2016 #2

Sanders proposal sets an employer payroll tax of 6.2%. Warren Stupidity Jan 2016 #5

I think that rate might be a bit too low to fund single payer. CommonSenseDemocrat Jan 2016 #10

Perhaps you would benefit from reading the proposal. Warren Stupidity Jan 2016 #11

That s a different argument. I am simply addressing Warren Stupidity Jan 2016 #6

You mention a $10,000 savings. Hoyt Jan 2016 #7

Yes. That is true. Warren Stupidity Jan 2016 #8

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jan 2016 #9