Top 5 Ways to Pay for Healthcare
Here you go. Maybe this will help Congress reach that elusive bipartisan agreement.
1) Tax the fat people: Great idea. Don’t call it a tax. Let’s just call it a Obesity Reduction policy. We are already moving in that direction.
2) Tax the potheads: Estimated to raise between $1B – $10B in California alone. And up to $110B nationwide.
3) Tax the Wealthy: Been there, done that. Not very original but will work in a pinch.
4) Tax the Smokers and Drinkers: Tried and true method of raising revenue. No one likes smokers anyway! The is always plenty of support among the experts for taxing bad behavior, including a $2 tax on a pack of cigarettes and a higher excise tax on alcohol
5) Tax Hookers: At $5 a pop, Nevada alone could add $2M itself. Let’s take it one step further and tax all sex. After all, sex leads to pregnancy and STDs; increasing the healthcare for all of us. Not to mention the impact to Global Warming from all those babies created! Did you know that “Rapid and unchecked human population growth and the resulting increases in resource consumption lie at the heart of most, if not all, environmental problems”. OK folks, just send your check in to Uncle Sam at the end of every month.
