{"id":3166,"date":"2011-07-12T10:12:01","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T10:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=3166"},"modified":"2011-07-12T10:12:01","modified_gmt":"2011-07-12T10:12:01","slug":"tax_increases_already_planned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=3166","title":{"rendered":"Tax Increases Already Planned For After The 2012 Election"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal<\/a> posted an opinion piece about the taxes on Americans scheduled to being after the 2012 election–these taxes are an integral part of Obamacare.  <\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Starting in 2013, the bill adds an additional 0.9% to the 2.9% Medicare tax for singles who earn more than $200,000 and couples making more than $250,000.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u2022 For first time, the bill also applies Medicare’s 2.9% payroll tax rate to investment income, including dividends, interest income and capital gains. Added to the 0.9% payroll surcharge, that means a 3.8-percentage point tax hike on “the rich.” Oh, and these new taxes aren’t indexed for inflation, so many middle-class families will soon be considered rich and pay the surcharge as their incomes rise past $250,000 due to tax-bracket creep. Remember how the Alternative Minimum Tax was supposed to apply only to a handful of millionaires?<\/em><\/p>\n

Taxpayer cost over 10 years: $210 billion.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2022 Also starting in 2013 is a 2.3% excise tax on medical device manufacturers and importers. That’s estimated to raise $20 billion.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2022 Already underway this year is the new annual fee on “branded” drug makers and importers, which will raise $27 billion.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2022 Another $15.2 billion will come from raising the floor on allowable medical deductions to 10% of adjusted gross income from 7.5%.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2022 Starting in 2018, the bill imposes a whopping 40% “excise tax” on high-cost health insurance plans. Though it only applies to two years in the 2010-2019 window of ObamaCare’s original budget score, this tax would still raise $32 billion–and much more in future years.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u2022 And don’t forget a new annual fee on health insurance providers starting in 2014 and estimated to raise $60 billion. This tax, like many others on this list, will be passed along to consumers in higher health-care costs.<\/em><\/p>\n

There are numerous other new taxes in the bill, all adding up to some $438 billion in new revenue over 10 years. But even that is understated because by 2019 the annual revenue increase is nearly $90 billion, or $900 billion in the 10 years after that. Yet Mr. Obama wants to add another $1 trillion in new taxes on top of this.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The article further reports:<\/p>\n

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The economic ironies are also, well, rich. Mr. Obama is now pushing to reduce the payroll tax by two-percentage points for another year to boost the economy, but he’s already built in a big increase in that same payroll tax for 2013. So if a payroll tax cut creates jobs this year, why doesn’t a payroll tax increase destroy jobs after 2013?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It is becoming increasingly clear that President Obama’s fiscal policies are not based on the health of the American economy but on election politics.  He allowed the ‘Bush tax cuts’ to continue in the January budget debates because he stated that raising taxes would cost jobs.  If raising taxes would cost jobs in December, how is it that raising taxes in July does not cost jobs?  <\/p>\n

Republicans–stand your ground!!  No new taxes!!!  It’s the spending, stupid!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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