Comments on: De gustibus non est disputandum http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/04/07/de-gustibus-non-est-disputandum/ An unbiased look at today's health care issues Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:56:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Thomas A. Coss http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/04/07/de-gustibus-non-est-disputandum/#comment-143555 Thomas A. Coss Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:52:59 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/?p=883#comment-143555 The notion that a tax, or any tax for that matter, is paternalistic by motive is much more gracious than I or candid experience allows. If municipalities were paternalistic in their taxing behaviors, than why tax income, or the rewards from capital investment, do we want less of these as well? If the tax laws feel the urge to apply themselves in healthcare, than how about accelerating depreciation on healthcare capital investments which improve the efficiency of those providing care? The notion that a tax, or any tax for that matter, is paternalistic by motive is much more gracious than I or candid experience allows. If municipalities were paternalistic in their taxing behaviors, than why tax income, or the rewards from capital investment, do we want less of these as well?

If the tax laws feel the urge to apply themselves in healthcare, than how about accelerating depreciation on healthcare capital investments which improve the efficiency of those providing care?

]]>