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This post is the seventh installment of an ongoing series, entitled : If you think your health care is my responsibility, you are a thief. If you think our health care system would be better if the government would intervene, you're a fool.
I'm making 2 predictions about health care reform.
First, despite what is predicted by the Congressional Budget Office, "health care reform" will add money to budget deficits and raise the national debt.
Government programs so often cost more than expected, it's entirely unnecessary for me to give examples. The one exception I'm aware of is the Apollo Program, which put men on the moon, on time and on budget. The trick there: Planners estimated their time needs, and built in 2 extra years. (They needed them both.) And the planners estimated the price tag, and doubled it. (They needed the money, too.)
President Obama says he will not sign a health care reform bill that adds "one dime" to the deficit. He also said the prison at Guantanamo Bay would be closed by next month. (He really can't predict the future as well as he'd like to.)
Second, (and this one's probably worse), the tan tax is the beginning, not the end.
Once the government starts spending tax money on something, it assumes a duty to hold the costs down to protect taxpayers. The Senate already intends to tax — at a rate of 10 percent — tanning.
Within 10 years, this "reform" bill will cost taxpayers way more than advertised. The Botox tax probably will be enacted before Mr. Obama is out of office. Indefensible taxes on Coca-Cola, chewing gum, and guacamole — and 437 other things that make life more enjoyable — will follow.
