The tax free status really had nothing to do with it
In fact, why don't you let me cite the very article that you threw at me.
"Employers, seeking a way to provide workers with competitive salaries without violating the law, began offering health benefits. On October 26, 1943, the IRS legitimized the practice, ruling that health benefits would remain tax free.
As a result, it has historically made sense for firms to offer health benefits — and lots of them. " (emphasis added)
The article you cited, from William F. Buckley's "National Review" makes the same damn claim that you're now denying. this isn't liberal propaganda I'm throwing at you, it's chapter and verse from the libertarian notebook. Get a hold of yourself, man!
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Date: 18/11/10 22:03 (UTC)In fact, why don't you let me cite the very article that you threw at me.
"Employers, seeking a way to provide workers with competitive salaries without violating the law, began offering health benefits. On October 26, 1943, the IRS legitimized the practice, ruling that health benefits would remain tax free.
As a result, it has historically made sense for firms to offer health benefits — and lots of them. " (emphasis added)
The article you cited, from William F. Buckley's "National Review" makes the same damn claim that you're now denying. this isn't liberal propaganda I'm throwing at you, it's chapter and verse from the libertarian notebook. Get a hold of yourself, man!