Yes, BUT….
A Conservative promoting a new tax is either political suicide or the height of hypocrisy. Given what I’ve seen in the last few years, I lean rather heavily towards the latter as there are enough Republican voters like @josie for this to actually have some traction.
It also reaffirms that we are a two-tier society, and that sort of wide divide rarely ends well. It doesn’t even always end bloodlessly. At best, we will be the next India or Mexico. Possibly Afghanistan.
@josie ” If there is no governing principle…”
That particular phrase kind of sinks you. Those who have any sense of decency, compassion, or even fiscal sense would be guided by compassion, desire to adhere to internationally accepted standards of human rights, or just plain cost-cutting to leave health insurance untaxed. So, which of those is lacking amongst Conservatives? Are they opposed to human rights, inhumanly uncaring, or merely financially inept?