How do politicians enact a substantial middle class benefit like health care reform when many in that middle class are happy with their health insurance? They rely on a bad economy that create doubts in many that their health insurance may be in jeopardy. They rely on the generosity of the American people who do not want to see their fellow Americans without any health insurance. The clincher, however, is for them to convince the middle class that they will be getting something for nothing. Ergo a millionaire surtax that will be paid by less than 1% of taxpayers.
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