Legal Commentary

CWA Poll: Americans Prefer Taxing Wealthy, Not Workers' Health Plans

By Big Tent Democrat

Via TPMDC, the Communications Workers of America commissioned a poll:

[N]ew polling, commissioned by the Communications Workers of America and conducted by Anzalone Liszt Research, finds that voters overwhelmingly oppose taxing high-cost health insurance plans as a way to help fund health insurance reform, but support raising taxes on the wealthy to accomplish the same goal. The Anzalone poll surveyed 2,200 likely voters in 10 states including seven with 2010 frontline Senate races (Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Louisiana, Nevada and North Dakota). Also polled were Indiana, New Mexico and Virginia.

We are through the looking glass. The public supports a public option but it must go. The public opposes the excise tax, but it must stay. Democracy in action.

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Full post as published by TalkLeft on December 10, 2009 (boomark / email).