In this hard-hitting column, Deroy Murdock looks at the implications of the proposed medical devices tax in the Baucus bill.
Talk about a perfect example of killing the goose that lays the golden eggs! The Obamacrats are so desperate to find the oceans of money they need to pay for their atrocious federal attack on what’s left of the free market in medical care that they would gouge (it’s time to stop talking about “price gouging” and start talking about “tax gouging”) the firms that come up with devices that help people live healthier and more active lives.
Back in the days of Jimmy Carter’s occupancy of the White House, he proposed increasing taxes on energy when the country was facing severe shortages. I recall a devastating cartoon showing American soldiers shivering at Valley Forge while someone yells, “The troops are freezing — let’s tax firewood!” This is the same sort of idiocy.
