Now "Congress" is devising a way to NOT TAX union members health benefits... but of course tax all other worker's health benefits.
This is favoritism extraordinaire... and is probably illegal... and unconstitutional.
We are talking about legislated discrimination here.
bloomberg
Unions’ Health Benefits May Avoid Tax Under Proposal
June 26 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Senate proposal to impose taxes for the first time on “gold-plated” health plans may bypass generous employee benefits negotiated by unions....
...“I can’t think of any other aspect of the individual income tax that treats benefits of different people differently because of who they work for,” said Chris Edwards, director of tax policy studies at the Cato Institute, a Washington research group that often criticizes Democrats’ economic proposals. Edwards said the carve-out “smacks of political favoritism.”
This is favoritism extraordinaire... and is probably illegal... and unconstitutional.
We are talking about legislated discrimination here.
bloomberg
Unions’ Health Benefits May Avoid Tax Under Proposal
June 26 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Senate proposal to impose taxes for the first time on “gold-plated” health plans may bypass generous employee benefits negotiated by unions....
...“I can’t think of any other aspect of the individual income tax that treats benefits of different people differently because of who they work for,” said Chris Edwards, director of tax policy studies at the Cato Institute, a Washington research group that often criticizes Democrats’ economic proposals. Edwards said the carve-out “smacks of political favoritism.”
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