Oh God, that WORD!

Actually, by creating counterfeit money, you are devaluing the current supply of currency albeit only slightly.

66% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

Um... Mod points anyone?

Medicaid is an entitlement from the government. This is not the government trying to tell anyone how to live, but the government restricting what behavior they will support with entitlements. That is part of the definition of free choice and smaller government. If you don't like it, you have the free choice to not be on Medicaid. I'm not saying this is a perfect argument for several reasons, and I'm also not saying that the Republicans are never hypocritical in trying to control American citizens' lives. God knows they are. I'm simply pointing out that the idea of "taxing" Medicaid is the equivalent of a political double-negative and in no way anti-conservative.

Wrong. Medicaid is an entitlement. You can't tax an entitlement. The word "tax" in the title is wrong, but unless they could use the words "flab tax", no one would be interested.

The problem is that fiscal policy is rarely a zero-sum game. This proposal is more likely for political points rather than lowering anyone's taxes. If they manage to lower the cost of the Medicaid program, do you really think they will even CONSIDER lowering our FICA? I don't.

I have a big problem with this title being political spin. Medicaid is an entitlement. You cannot tax an entitlement. You can change the rules to reduce the cost of the entitlement, which, if fiscal policy was a zero sum game would equate to a tax CUT. Unfortunately, that's not how it works. Still, this is NOT a tax. I have the same issue when politicians try to repeal a tax cut and claim they are not raising taxes, just repealing a cut. Bullshit.

Um... poppies. Just sayin'.

Someone please mod this up.

MA! MeatLOAF!

Does "It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again" count?

Falsely.

If we all rode bikes in protest, I promise you, they will find a way to tax that.

So... what are you saying?