{"id":1683,"date":"2009-03-16T10:34:12","date_gmt":"2009-03-16T14:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=1683"},"modified":"2009-03-16T10:34:12","modified_gmt":"2009-03-16T14:34:12","slug":"christina-romer-insurance-taxes-not-off-the-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/16\/christina-romer-insurance-taxes-not-off-the-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Christina Romer: Insurance Taxes Not Off The Table"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of President Barack Obama’s top economic advisers, Christina Romer, said during an appearance on “Meeting the Press” yesterday that the White House was opposed to taxing health insurance, but that she wouldn’t rule it out<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When you couple Ms. Romer’s remarks on “Meet the Press” with this<\/a> Sunday New York Times story you have to believe taxes on healthcare benefits are an inevitability under this administration.<\/p>\n

As an aside… Is there anything this administration isn’t<\/em> open to taxing?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of President Barack Obama’s top economic advisers, Christina Romer, said during an appearance on “Meeting the Press” yesterday that the White House was opposed to taxing health insurance, but that she wouldn’t rule it out. When you couple Ms. Romer’s remarks on “Meet the Press” with this Sunday New York Times story you have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[43,7],"tags":[518,462,1365],"class_list":["post-1683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-health-care","category-politics","tag-health-insurance","tag-obama-administration","tag-taxes","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-r9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2568,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/04\/wsj-obama-advisers-set-groundwork-to-raise-taxes-on-middle-class\/","url_meta":{"origin":1683,"position":0},"title":"WSJ: Obama Advisers Set Groundwork to Raise Taxes on Middle Class","author":"Jeff","date":"August 4, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"You don't have to be an economist to realize the Obama Administration's budget numbers don't add up and that he's going to have raise taxes on more than just those earning more than $250,000.00 to pay for his agenda. 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