Hopefully my new patent to patent the patent application process will be approved first, so I can sue Halliburton for applying for a patent with my patented process of submitting a patent application to the Patent Office.
Otherwise, I can sign a deal with Halliburton to work both ends of the issue - I will sue any new patents when they are submitted, and Halliburton can clean out any patents already granted! IT CANNOT FAIL.
This is my biggest issue with the whole health care discussion - a tax credit doesn't help a poor person. If I don't make enough money to NOT receive all of my taxes back at the end of the year (maybe I don't make enough by myself, maybe I have a few children to get tax credits for them) then an additional tax credit gives me.... nothing. Sure, if I am single and well-employed (making plenty of taxable income above and beyond any deductions) then a tax credit is great for me, but I'm already well-employed, and likely have health care coverage already from my employer.
So I agree with the people above who say this is really a question of the Obama plan vs. the status quo. Sure, some of McCain's changes are handy for some people, but its not really a change. Poor people still won't have coverage, and they need it more than anyone else because preventative care is cheaper than emergency care, and if I have coverage from my employer I can go get preventative care whenever I want. I don't know the details of the Obama plan - I won't pretend to be an expert on either one, actually. But a tax credit doesn't help the people who need the help, so if the alternative can, I'll take the alternative.
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Hopefully my new patent to patent the patent application process will be approved first, so I can sue Halliburton for applying for a patent with my patented process of submitting a patent application to the Patent Office. Otherwise, I can sign a deal with Halliburton to work both ends of the issue - I will sue any new patents when they are submitted, and Halliburton can clean out any patents already granted! IT CANNOT FAIL.
This is my biggest issue with the whole health care discussion - a tax credit doesn't help a poor person. If I don't make enough money to NOT receive all of my taxes back at the end of the year (maybe I don't make enough by myself, maybe I have a few children to get tax credits for them) then an additional tax credit gives me.... nothing. Sure, if I am single and well-employed (making plenty of taxable income above and beyond any deductions) then a tax credit is great for me, but I'm already well-employed, and likely have health care coverage already from my employer. So I agree with the people above who say this is really a question of the Obama plan vs. the status quo. Sure, some of McCain's changes are handy for some people, but its not really a change. Poor people still won't have coverage, and they need it more than anyone else because preventative care is cheaper than emergency care, and if I have coverage from my employer I can go get preventative care whenever I want. I don't know the details of the Obama plan - I won't pretend to be an expert on either one, actually. But a tax credit doesn't help the people who need the help, so if the alternative can, I'll take the alternative.