How much tax we will pay in 2011? Will the Bush tax cuts be renewed? Can families count on getting child tax credit next year? How can business plan and expand and hire without knowing what the tax rate will be?
What about health care? If you have a plan and are pleased with it, you can keep it, so said President Obama and the administration when Obamacare was being voted. Now, we find that is not so. A number of companies are considering dropping their programs and paying a fine to save money. Some 30 waivers have been given to a number of corporations and unions already. As Obamacare goes forward who will receive a waiver and who will not? Some insurance companies have increased their rates and others may be forced to follow their example.
With the economy in the tank, millions of people out of work, and a health care program whose effects we are learning more about every day, we certainly do not need the uncertainty that Congress is leaving us with.
My advice to everyone is to raise hell with your congressman, no matter what party or how he or she has voted. Write letters, send emails, make telephone calls. Even if we accomplish nothing, we will be healthier and happier by blowing off steam.
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