Archive for September, 2010
Charlie Christ Program – Knowing What Matters in Health Insurance
If you are a resident of Florida, then you understand that when it comes to finding a reasonable health insurance plan, you are going to have many different options. Many people in the state have been a little worried about finding medical insurance plans. The problem is that they don’t know what to think of their governor, Charlie Crist, and his Charlie Christ program, which has been the center of much of the health insurance debate. If you are concerned about the current status of the health reform bill, as well as how this affects the people of Florida, then you should just concentrate on how you can get the best deal on medical insurance. In this article, you will learn about how to get the best health insurance plan in the state of Florida.
Instead of thinking about the Charlie Christ program and all of the weight being felt because of the health reform bill that is being done on the federal level, you should worry about how you can get the best medical insurance plan for you and your family. This begins with knowing how to look for the best health insurance plan. In the old days, the best way to look for affordable and reasonable health insurance plans was to go to a broker or agent. This is not the case anymore. As a matter of fact, for those in the know the days of having to go to a broker or agent are long in the past.
Nowadays, if you are interested in getting the best medical insurance in the state of Florida, you should begin looking online. Don’t read about the Charlie Christ program and Obama’s plans for health insurance and medical care. Instead, look at the plans that are really out there and which are readily available for you to see. As a matter of fact, you can use the internet to get a number of free quotes from some of the biggest carriers in the state of Florida. This is the best way to become an educated consumer.
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An Argument For a Progressive Income Tax
If you want to initiate a heated debate anywhere in the United States, all you have to do is mention income taxes. Everyone has an opinion ranging from one extreme to another the Socialist wants to tax the wealthy and middle class until they are as poor as everyone else; the Capitalist says no, we need a simple flat tax; and the Libertarian says you’re all wrong; if we eliminate all inefficient government programs, we won’t need any income tax. In spite of this diversity in opinion, nearly everyone thinks the tax code is far too complex and must be simplified no matter the cost. Regardless of political ideology, finding someone who is truly satisfied with our current income tax laws is extremely rare. However, a realistic look at the facts indicates we do need some type of tax system to fund necessary government services and a progressive income tax is the fairest and least complex method to raise the required funds.
The first important question is whether or not we need an income tax. Hard core capitalists and libertarians would have us believe that the private sector can provide all the services we need, with the exceptions of national defense and protection of our constitutional rights, better and cheaper than our government. (Libertarian 1,2) They would have us believe that government services, programs, and regulating agencies are unnecessary and even harmful to our economy. This belief simply denies our history and fails to recognize why our federal government instituted the social programs and regulations in the first place. As ineffective and counterproductive as our government may be at times, a brief study of history proves the ramifications of unrestrained business are even worse. One need not travel far back into our history to realize that our quality of life, from working conditions to pollution, was hardly utopian when there were fewer government regulations and social programs. The federal government didn’t pass child labor laws, pollution regulations, minimum wage laws, and workplace safety regulations just to hamper business.
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