ObamaCare To Thwack Middle Class With Up To 70% Marginal Tax Rate


	ObamaCare To Thwack Middle Class With Up To 70% Marginal Tax Rate

merrie

10-19-2009 6:33 PM

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merrie says:

Jim Capretta, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, calculates that when combined with other policies like the Earned Income Tax Credit that also phase out, the effective marginal rate would rise to nearly 70% at twice the poverty level.

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10-19-2009 6:41 PM

n2sooners

That's assuming anyone in good health would bother carrying insurance at all.

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