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martes, 12 de mayo de 2009 |
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| Change in estate tax suggested to pay for health care in the USA |
Since Barack Obama won the elections in America, the whole world has been expecting big changes.
One of the most waited changes is in the health area. United States might be one of the wealthiest countries in the world, but american citizens have one of the worst health systems, affecting mainly the poor people.
That's why president Obama has started a new reform in health, by expending more money in the current system. Money that comes from taxes.
But this money it's not comming from all americans, or from every state, it's comming from the wealthiest states and from the 28% of citizens that are in the first two tax brackets.
This way Obama is filling the gap in the budget, to finally help the poorest states, like Alaska, New Orleans or the middle-west of America.
But things are not easy for Obama, because his own political party, the democrats, are arguing about this, because part of this reform considers taking a percent from the budget that goes into charities, and this organizations are very helpful, because they satisfy necessities that the government can't satisfy.
Also, the reforms considers a percent from gifts that some organizations or countries give to public servants, like diplomats or members of the congress, or even the president. Obama expects to raise from this about USD$24 billions over the next 10 years.
In total, this change in estate tax it's going to raise USD$266.7 billions. This money it's going to help a lot of people that right now are out of the MEDICARE system of health, and can't pay for a doctor or even medicines. The ones that benefit the most from this are the elderly people.
But Obama faces a lot of criticism from the republican party, because he's being acussed of trying to impose a new government system, based in welfare state and close to socialist reforms. We need to remember that president Bush tried his best to avoid this kinds of reforms, mainly because of his liberal and conservative type of government.
But Obama has a big support from the people, even after his election, and that's why he can change things without the danger of losing his job. And the acussations from the republicans are nothing but empty words.
This news are important for a Public Administration student because we can learn that public servants can really change big estructures, like in this case, a health system in the most developed country in the world. We can learn that big and controversial changes can be made, like changing the tax estructure, a really sensitive issue in Chile.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/12/us/politics/12healthtax.html?ref=politicsEtiquetas: economy, taxes, USA government |
posted by Milenka @ 11:47  |
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friki one... xD that was an... mile's statement.. :B XD
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Interesting article, and your reflection too!
Language to correct: actual vs current, critics (people), criticism (critical comments); subject-verb concord (no use of "s").
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friki one... xD that was an... mile's statement.. :B XD