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There was one of these set up on Park Blvd. near the zoo last week (or maybe early this week, I can’t recall exactly).

If I ever drive up to one of these things, my plan is to scream “Don’t tase me bro!”, jump out of the car and sprint away at top speed.

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There was one of these set up on Park Blvd. near the zoo last week (or maybe early this week, I can’t recall exactly).

If I ever drive up to one of these things, my plan is to scream “Don’t tase me bro!”, jump out of the car and sprint away at top speed.

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From your Wikipedia link, sentence #1:

“A regressive tax is a tax imposed in such a manner that the tax rate decreases as the amount subject to taxation increases”

I find it sometimes helpful to read past the first sentence of an article. How about the second paragraph:

A value-added tax or other sales tax on food and other essentials such as clothing, transport, and residential rents can be regressive. Since the income elasticity of demand of food is usually less than 1 (see Engel’s law), it tends to take up a higher percentage of the budget of a person or family with a lower income.

Elasticity of demand is key to understanding why sales tax on many common items is regressive. The option not to purchase something is not always a valid one.

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From your Wikipedia link, sentence #1:

“A regressive tax is a tax imposed in such a manner that the tax rate decreases as the amount subject to taxation increases”

I find it sometimes helpful to read past the first sentence of an article. How about the second paragraph:

A value-added tax or other sales tax on food and other essentials such as clothing, transport, and residential rents can be regressive. Since the income elasticity of demand of food is usually less than 1 (see Engel’s law), it tends to take up a higher percentage of the budget of a person or family with a lower income.

Elasticity of demand is key to understanding why sales tax on many common items is regressive. The option not to purchase something is not always a valid one.

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From your Wikipedia link, sentence #1:

“A regressive tax is a tax imposed in such a manner that the tax rate decreases as the amount subject to taxation increases”

I find it sometimes helpful to read past the first sentence of an article. How about the second paragraph:

A value-added tax or other sales tax on food and other essentials such as clothing, transport, and residential rents can be regressive. Since the income elasticity of demand of food is usually less than 1 (see Engel’s law), it tends to take up a higher percentage of the budget of a person or family with a lower income.

Elasticity of demand is key to understanding why sales tax on many common items is regressive. The option not to purchase something is not always a valid one.

[blahblahblah]

From your Wikipedia link, sentence #1:

“A regressive tax is a tax imposed in such a manner that the tax rate decreases as the amount subject to taxation increases”

I find it sometimes helpful to read past the first sentence of an article. How about the second paragraph:

A value-added tax or other sales tax on food and other essentials such as clothing, transport, and residential rents can be regressive. Since the income elasticity of demand of food is usually less than 1 (see Engel’s law), it tends to take up a higher percentage of the budget of a person or family with a lower income.

Elasticity of demand is key to understanding why sales tax on many common items is regressive. The option not to purchase something is not always a valid one.

[blahblahblah]

From your Wikipedia link, sentence #1:

“A regressive tax is a tax imposed in such a manner that the tax rate decreases as the amount subject to taxation increases”

I find it sometimes helpful to read past the first sentence of an article. How about the second paragraph:

A value-added tax or other sales tax on food and other essentials such as clothing, transport, and residential rents can be regressive. Since the income elasticity of demand of food is usually less than 1 (see Engel’s law), it tends to take up a higher percentage of the budget of a person or family with a lower income.

Elasticity of demand is key to understanding why sales tax on many common items is regressive. The option not to purchase something is not always a valid one.

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Oh yeah, here’s another anecdote. A friend of mine here had fibroids and needed a hysterectomy. She had supposedly good health insurance. Anyway, she was bleeding a lot and felt really bad but she had to wait 6 months for the operation. The operation went well and now she is okay, but she was quite miserable for those 6 months. Yep in the good old USA.

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Oh yeah, here’s another anecdote. A friend of mine here had fibroids and needed a hysterectomy. She had supposedly good health insurance. Anyway, she was bleeding a lot and felt really bad but she had to wait 6 months for the operation. The operation went well and now she is okay, but she was quite miserable for those 6 months. Yep in the good old USA.

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Oh yeah, here’s another anecdote. A friend of mine here had fibroids and needed a hysterectomy. She had supposedly good health insurance. Anyway, she was bleeding a lot and felt really bad but she had to wait 6 months for the operation. The operation went well and now she is okay, but she was quite miserable for those 6 months. Yep in the good old USA.

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Oh yeah, here’s another anecdote. A friend of mine here had fibroids and needed a hysterectomy. She had supposedly good health insurance. Anyway, she was bleeding a lot and felt really bad but she had to wait 6 months for the operation. The operation went well and now she is okay, but she was quite miserable for those 6 months. Yep in the good old USA.

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Oh yeah, here’s another anecdote. A friend of mine here had fibroids and needed a hysterectomy. She had supposedly good health insurance. Anyway, she was bleeding a lot and felt really bad but she had to wait 6 months for the operation. The operation went well and now she is okay, but she was quite miserable for those 6 months. Yep in the good old USA.

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Funny about that Concho as several clients I have who have Canadian relatives, and even some of my own family in Canada came to the USA for medical procedures due to the length of time they had to wait for their own system to get them the procedure.

Funny thing about anecdotes is that everyone has ’em. A buddy of mine moved to Canada a few years back, broke his hand horribly in a bike crash and received excellent care for free. He was referred through several different surgeons until the best one was found to do the reconstructive surgery. He didn’t have to wait, he didn’t have to put up with second rate care, everything was covered, he couldn’t be happier at least for a man who’s hand was pretty much wrecked.

And let me tell you about waiting — lots of us here in the US wait to see doctors too; I don’t even go anymore because every time I call the response is “Well, the doctor’s first available appointment is 4 months from now. If you’d like we can get you in with the PA in 2 months or the NP can see you in 3 weeks.”

Not saying Canadian-style healthcare will work here. This place is 10 times the size and so it has 10 times the graft and corruption.

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Funny about that Concho as several clients I have who have Canadian relatives, and even some of my own family in Canada came to the USA for medical procedures due to the length of time they had to wait for their own system to get them the procedure.

Funny thing about anecdotes is that everyone has ’em. A buddy of mine moved to Canada a few years back, broke his hand horribly in a bike crash and received excellent care for free. He was referred through several different surgeons until the best one was found to do the reconstructive surgery. He didn’t have to wait, he didn’t have to put up with second rate care, everything was covered, he couldn’t be happier at least for a man who’s hand was pretty much wrecked.

And let me tell you about waiting — lots of us here in the US wait to see doctors too; I don’t even go anymore because every time I call the response is “Well, the doctor’s first available appointment is 4 months from now. If you’d like we can get you in with the PA in 2 months or the NP can see you in 3 weeks.”

Not saying Canadian-style healthcare will work here. This place is 10 times the size and so it has 10 times the graft and corruption.

[blahblahblah]

Funny about that Concho as several clients I have who have Canadian relatives, and even some of my own family in Canada came to the USA for medical procedures due to the length of time they had to wait for their own system to get them the procedure.

Funny thing about anecdotes is that everyone has ’em. A buddy of mine moved to Canada a few years back, broke his hand horribly in a bike crash and received excellent care for free. He was referred through several different surgeons until the best one was found to do the reconstructive surgery. He didn’t have to wait, he didn’t have to put up with second rate care, everything was covered, he couldn’t be happier at least for a man who’s hand was pretty much wrecked.

And let me tell you about waiting — lots of us here in the US wait to see doctors too; I don’t even go anymore because every time I call the response is “Well, the doctor’s first available appointment is 4 months from now. If you’d like we can get you in with the PA in 2 months or the NP can see you in 3 weeks.”

Not saying Canadian-style healthcare will work here. This place is 10 times the size and so it has 10 times the graft and corruption.

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