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http://www.atr.org/obama-obamacare-raise-taxes-things-a7883
Obama on Obamacare: “We did raise taxes on some things.”
"Some things" means uninsured families, med devices,flex accounts, small businesses, people with high medical bills and even charitable hospitals.
During his Tuesday remarks at the Clinton Global Initiative, President Obama admitted that his health care law raises taxes: “So what we did — it’s paid for by a combination of things. We did raise taxes on some things.”
“Some things” is an understatement. Below is just a partial list of Obamacare’s new or higher taxes on Americans:
Starting in tax year 2013:
Obamacare Medical Device Tax: Medical device manufacturers employ 409,000 people in 12,000 plants across the country. Obamacare imposes a new 2.3 percent excise tax on gross sales – even if the company does not earn a profit in a given year. In addition to killing small business jobs and impacting research and development budgets, this will make everything from pacemakers to artificial hips more expensive.
Obamacare High Medical Bills Tax: Before Obamacare, Americans facing high medical expenses were allowed a deduction to the extent that those expenses exceeded 7.5 percent of adjusted gross income (AGI). Obamacare now imposes a threshold of 10 percent of AGI. Therefore, Obamacare not only makes it more difficult to claim this deduction, it widens the net of taxable income.
According to the IRS, 10 million families took advantage of this tax deduction in 2009, the latest year of available data. Almost all are middle class. The average taxpayer claiming this deduction earned just over $53,000 annually. ATR estimates that the average income tax increase for the average family claiming this tax benefit will be $200 - $400 per year. To learn more about this tax, click here.
Obamacare Flexible Spending Account Tax: The 30 - 35 million Americans who use a pre-tax Flexible Spending Account (FSA) at work to pay for their family’s basic medical needs face a new Obamacare cap of $2,500. This will squeeze $13 billion of tax money from Americans over the next ten years. (Before Obamacare, the accounts were unlimited under federal law, though employers were allowed to set a cap.) Now, a parent looking to sock away extra money to pay for braces will find themselves quickly hitting this new cap, meaning they would have to pony up some or all of the cost with after-tax dollars.
Needless to say, this tax will especially impact middle class families.
There is one group of FSA owners for whom this new cap will be particularly cruel and onerous: parents of special needs children. Nationwide there are several million families with special needs children and many of them use FSAs to pay for special needs education. Tuition rates at one leading school that teaches special needs children in Washington, D.C. (National Child Research Center) can easily exceed $14,000 per year. Under tax rules, FSA dollars can be used to pay for this type of special needs education. This Obamacare tax provision will limit the options available to these families.
Obamacare Super Saver Surtax: A new, 3.8 percent surtax on investment income earned in households making at least $250,000 ($200,000 single). This tax hike results in the following top tax rates on investment income:

Capital Gains
Dividends
Other*
2013+
23.8%
23.8%
43.4%
*Other unearned income includes (for surtax purposes) gross income from interest, annuities, royalties, net rents, and passive income in partnerships and Subchapter-S corporations. It does not include municipal bond interest or life insurance proceeds, since those do not add to gross income. It does not include active trade or business income, fair market value sales of ownership in pass-through entities, or distributions from retirement plans.
Obamacare Medicare Payroll Tax Increase:

First $200,000
($250,000 Married)
Employer/Employee
All Remaining Wages
Employer/Employee
Pre-Obamacare
1.45%/1.45%
2.9% self-employed
1.45%/1.45%
2.9% self-employed
Obamacare
1.45%/1.45%
2.9% self-employed
1.45%/2.35%
3.8% self-employed
Starting in tax year 2014:
Obamacare Individual Mandate Non-Compliance Tax: Starting in 2014, anyone not buying “qualifying” health insurance – as defined by President Obama’s Department of Health and Human Services -- must pay an income surtax to the IRS. The Congressional Budget Office recently estimated that six million American families will be liable for the tax, and as pointed out by the Associated Press: “Most would be in the middle class.”
In addition, 100 percent of Americans filing a tax return (140 million filers) will be forced to submit paperwork to the IRS showing they either had “qualifying” health insurance for every month of the tax year or they obtained an exemption to the mandate.
Americans liable for the surtax will pay according to the following schedule:

1 Adult
2 Adults
3+ Adults
2014
1% AGI/$95
1% AGI/$190
1% AGI/$285
2015
2% AGI/$325
2% AGI/$650
2% AGI/$975
2016 +
2.5% AGI/$695
2.5% AGI/$1390
2.5% AGI/$2085
(Delayed by Obama to 2015) Obamacare Employer Mandate Tax: If an employer does not offer health coverage, and at least one employee qualifies for a health tax credit, the employer must pay an additional non-deductible tax of $2,000 for all full-time employees. This provision applies to all employers with 50 or more employees. If any employee actually receives coverage through the exchange, the penalty on the employer for that employee rises to $3,000. If the employer requires a waiting period to enroll in coverage of 30-60 days, there is a $400 tax per employee ($600 if the period is 60 days or longer).
Obamacare Tax on Health Insurers: Annual tax on the industry imposed relative to health insurance premiums collected that year. The tax phases in gradually until 2018. Fully imposed on firms with $50 million in profits.
Starting in tax year 2018:
Obamacare Tax on Union Member and Early Retiree Health Insurance Plans: Obamacare imposes
a new 40 percent excise tax on high cost or “Cadillac” health insurance plans, effective in 2018. This tax increase will most directly affect union families and early retirees, who are likely to be covered by such plans. This Obamacare tax will be levied on insurance policies whose premiums exceed $10,200 for an individual and $27,500 for a family. Middle class union members tend to be covered by such plans in states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Higher threshold ($11,500 single/$29,450 family) for early retirees and high-risk professions. CPI +1 percentage point indexed.
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Yawn black people killing whites for being white is getting to be an everyday thing. No story here. Don't hold your breath waiting on hate crime charges
Did you here about that cracker in fl who shot and killed a black kid just for beating him in the face? Now that is news.

i can't, because they are anonymous.

Why do liberals have such a problem with showing an ID to vote ?

As a moderator I would expect them to participate and answer some of the questions posed on here and participate in the discussion, personally I have only seem post from Kathryn, Charles, Penguin and on and off from Nina and Kirkit.
I have never seen any from other mods, don’t even know if they are active on the forum or not.

Most pro gun folks have always supported the idea of mentally ill not being able to purchase one and there is a question about it on the background check form.
Unfortunately most dems including president focused their energy on banning the weapons based on how they look, limit the size of magazine and creating unnecessary hardship for the law abiding citizen.
It would be easier to maintain database of people with mental problem compared to maintaining a database of the gun owners.
There is no one wanting more people killed, pro gun folks were against the approach taken by the present admin.

Are we ignoring most of these victims were killed by people who illegally possessed guns in the first place?

And in a nutshell, you have encapsulated what proponents of the Second Amendment fear most - that the right conferred under that amendment is being steadily eroded by unconstitutional legislative encroachment to the point where it is no more than a privilege.

If there was nothing to it, Lois Lerner wouldn't have demanded immunity in return for her testimony and she would still be working at the IRS.

It's like the Benghazi scandal. "What scandal?"

You are a fountain of information on the subject Harpa. I have been a voting member of the NRA for 40 years and this is the first I heard this discription. I have voted in every BoD election since 1973, and never heard this. Amazing!
If it were true it would be fine with me, I need little provocation to buy firearms. And I am in favor of capitalism and business in general. Century International Arms in Georgia, VT is running 3 shifts to keep up with demand the the "American Kalashnikov" It is good for our economy. Remington, S&W and Ruger's stocks are soaring. Why is it bad for gun manufacturers to promote buying their products but it is not bad for, say, Apple to come out with a new I-phone every 6 months? Is the Consumer Electronics Assn just about selling products? This nonsense is 2 clicks higher than the "my ####### is big enough I do not need a gun" nonsense. I will give you that.
This is why I choose not to discuss this topic. For one, it is a right and it will not be "talked away". Second, the opposition is so full of uninformed boobs that it is impossible to have an actual discussion. Most of the idiots immediately go to the size of various body organs they claim to possess, or ask why we cannot have concealed thermo-nuclear weapons. Some attempt to act like they know something and say things like "sear failure" or talk about how their friends can make unregistered machine guns from scrap metal and a file and some instructions they bought out of "Popular Mechanics"..only, well, not really. Some of these idiots carry concealed ,32 auto handguns for "protection from bears." Yeah, it was actually stated as the reason an anti-gun person has a concealed carry permit. Faced with a bear, they plan to shoot their companions in the knee and run! Some make their own guns...well, not really.They will, but they need to order the parts. From "Popular Mechanics" maybe? They know nothing about guns except what some op-ed feeds them. They don't even know whatthe current gun laws ARE...they just know we need MORE of them!
Just not interesting for me.
They have no idea how to answer a Canadian on how our system works, what our rights are as Americans, or WHY it is this way. "So we do not have a photo of a QUEEN 3000 miles away on our money" may be understandable...not sure though.
Why would I even bother with such nonsense? No need. We will take care of the subject with legislation and litigation. Works for me. Don't care if it pleases anyone else.
there will be no new Federal gun laws.

Can we stop with the whole fake "no one is trying to take them away" nonsense. There are plenty of examples where such attempts are occurring in the US.

If you have spent 3 months in US in past 6 months and if you are trying to enter again, i would think you would be stopped at the border.

There you are threatening to kill folks again.
All black men in the Navy need to be screened

LOL, standby, the politicians are working on that puppy for you
BUSINESS L.A. COUNTY TO DOLE OUT MILLIONS IN WELFARE BENEFITS TO ILLEGAL ALIEN PARENTS
Sep. 17, 2013 2:53pm Becket Adams Illegal Immigration Los Angeles County is on track to pay out roughly $650 million in welfare benefits to illegal alien parents in 2013, county officials said Monday.
The figures, which come via the Department of Public Social Services, show that approximately $376 million in combined CalWORKs and food stamps benefits were doled out through July to illegal alien parents for their native-born children, CBS Los Angeles reports.
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich made the announcement.
The California county pays out roughly $54 million in welfare payments each month, according to official data. Of that amount, approximately $20 million comes from CalWORKs and roughly $34 million comes from food stamp issuances, the report adds.
Of the 60,000 illegal aliens in Los Angeles County, approximately 100,000 children receive aid, said Antonovich.
He adds that estimates for 2013, which are up $1 million from 2012’s $53 million per month benefit payments, show the importance of the national debate on immigration.
“When you add the $550 million for public safety and nearly $500 million for healthcare, the total cost for illegal immigrants to county taxpayers exceeds $1.6 billion dollars a year,” said Antonovich.
“These costs do not even include the hundreds of millions of dollars spent annually for education.”
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You are correct about the current amnesty legislation.

I really don't care that they were "brought here as children through no fault of their own" That's B.S. Children pay for the mistakes of their parents all the time. What about all the children that have 1 or both parents locked up because they broke the law? Should we give them special treatment? I mean after all their life sucks through no fault of their own.
First they need to fix the LEGAL immigration system before they even look at this DACA business. It's silly that it takes a year to get your spouse here legally. Of course that will never happen because both political parties are now falling all over each other to get the Hispanic vote.

Its kinda weird you do not have any petition and yet CO said there was a petition in her name.

Its kinda weird you do not have any petition and yet CO said there was a petition in her name.

it's amazing all those deranged gun nuts get together in the midst of all those weapons, but oddly there is almost never any violence.. Almost..
More people have been killed in secure buildings with zero gun polices, that had armed guards than at gun shows.

That is just you,well I am sure there are others
I am glad people in 1776 did not feel that way

Its kinda weird you do not have any petition and yet CO said there was a petition in her name.

A full background check was run to buy the weapon.The shooter had also just obtained a secret clearance
So tell me
You got a guy that has been arrested on numerous occasions for violence and disorderly conduct
was kicked out of the navy
Had severe mental problems and was under treatment for the same
Waltzes on to a secure base, with zero tolerance for guns, that sits inside a city that has zero tolerance for guns, and enters a building with an armed guard and kills 12 people
with a weapon that the anti-gun left has been telling us for years is not part of the problem, that the Vice president even endorsed.
and your answer is take my guns and ban Ar-15's
Priceless.

here is the thread in which you also claimed floods are never caused by man.
http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/406711-president-wants-some-sensible-measures-passed-in-2013-to-curb-violence-against-children/?hl=%20man%20%20made%20%20lake