Many of the readers of this blog are rich! (according to the Washington Post)

Wednesday's New York Times editorial:

Mr. Bush’s [healthcare] plan would put a new tax on Americans who were lucky enough to still have good health-care coverage through their employers. Some large portion of those are middle class and represented by the labor unions that Mr. Bush and the Republicans are dedicated to destroying.

And how does the Washington Post characterize those with good health-care coverage? From Monday's editorial: (excerpts, emp add)

A Healthy Initiative

Tax the rich to help others buy health insurance? That's what Mr. Bush proposes.

Because richer people tend to have more expensive insurance, the reform would slightly increase tax rates for people in the top fifth of the income distribution while slightly reducing tax rates for others, according to the White House.

posted by Quiddity at 1/23/2007 11:25:00 PM