Tax the wealthy to keep everyone healthy

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Author(s) Robert Reich
Source Salon.com
Date July 16, 2009
URL http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/16/tax_the_wealthy/index.html
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Quotes-start.png "But there's no reason to suppose that taking a tiny sliver of the incomes of the top 1 percent will reduce all that much of their ardor to invest, innovate and hire in the future. Yet if this tiny sliver means affordable healthcare for a far larger number of Americans, who will be able to get regular checkups and thereby stay healthy and productive, the positive effect on the American economy is likely to be far greater." Quotes-end.png


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