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House Healthcare Bill Uses the Term "Tax" 87 Times

From John Kartch on Thursday, October 29, 2009 11:44 AM
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A word search of the 1,990-page House healthcare bill (H.R. 3962) reveals that the term “tax” is used 87 times, “taxable” is used 62 times, and “excise tax” is used 10 times.

Other terms of interest are as follows:
 
 
House Healthcare Bill (H.R. 3962)
Term
Number of uses
“Tax”
87 times
“Taxable”
62 times
“Excise tax”
10 times
“Taxes”
 15 times
“Fee”
 59 times
“Penalty”
113 times
“Require”
118 times
“Must” 
58 times
“Shall” 
3,424 times

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Comments

Did you notice that the first substantive word of the official "detailed summary" of the bill is "prohibits"? Kind of fitting, isn't it.
>> Sandra Thursday, October 29, 2009 1:29 PM

Democrats could care less about your health. All they care about is CONTROL. These terms prove it.
>> It's Me! Thursday, October 29, 2009 1:42 PM

The Democrats control the process and the content of the bills. Health care reform is subordinate to their power over the sector of the economy. And they will not bind themselves in what they would thrust upon the american people.
>> Thomas Sunday, November 1, 2009 5:29 PM

The website www.mywritertools.com has the new Health Bill HR 3962 in MS Word, richtext and .pdf versions as well as a program, myWordCount, that lets you easily count, sort and list all words and phrases in the document. It also lets you select a word or phrase and easily go to each occurence in the document. You can get myWordCount and the different versions of the bill at http://www.mywritertools.com/congress.asp
>> Bob Galt Wednesday, November 4, 2009 10:14 AM

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