Why would you make me repeat myself?
Legally hospitals cannot put the sick and dying on the street.
However that comes at the point they are sick and dying.
"A stitch in nine saves nine."
I know you get that.
When is it better to treat the cancer tumor? Early or later?
When is it cheaper to treat the cancer tumor? Early or later?
When is the success rate higher when treating the cancer tumor? Early or later?
These are the fundamental questions that every other industrialized countries in the world have answered.
However we somehow don't come up with the same answer. We also allow lobbyists to influence politicians...another industry that doesn't exist in a lot of other First World countries.
And now our Supreme Court has ruled that a Corporation has the same rights as a Person, and the same Freedom of Speech...and that Money equals Speech.
Good times.
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Originally Posted by clintjm
Year - Tax Burden
1900 5.90%
1910 5.02%
1920 11.96%
1930 11.61%
1940 17.98%
1950 24.87%
1960 27.88%
1970 29.90%
1980 30.68%
1990 30.80%
2000 33.98%
2001 33.01%
2002 30.27%
2003 29.51%
2004 29.69%
2005 31.53%
2006 32.29%
2007 32.69%
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Adjust that pre-Reagan and post-Reagan for people making over $250,000 a year.