A cancer patient sends Mark a message...

A cancer patient writes to Mark's blog and asks him to please stop using cancer patients as an example. Here's what could be this person's dying wish:

"Mark, I'm a cancer patient. I have advanced lymphoma. Please don't speak for me. I support the FairTax. My medical insurance has paid my bills on time and in full to date. I'm quite certain that they will continue to pay for my treatment, tax included, when FairTax passes. So please leave us cancer patients out of your arguments. We don't want or need you speaking for us. I'm proud to pay my fair share and that's what FairTax is all about."

Now this has been one of Mark's favorite arguments. Mark says that cancer patients will scream for exemptions. Well, one cancer patient has asked Mark to knock it off. This was Mark's response:

"Anon, sorry for your health issue, and pray for your complete and speedy recovery.
How do you know your insurance company will pay your taxes -the worlds highest tax will be added to your medical bills, if FT ever passed (Which is impossible, people wont agree to this tax)
So you think your Insurance company will pay it? What makes you think that?
And Fairtax assumes it will get 500 billion -- half a trillion dollars, 1.5 of the national budget -- from the taxes on health care.
Do you think insurance companies are going to pay half a trillion dollars in taxes?
Why don't you call them and ask.
Half a trillion here, half a trillion there, and pretty soon, you are talkinga bout a lot of money.
So let say your insurance company pays all the sales taxes for everyone. All the insurance companies do.
Where do you suppose they will get this half a trillion dollars?
YOu suppose they will just take it from the profits on Katrina?
You suppose they will just go to Vegas and win it against Thurmon Brunson in Texas Hold em?
YOU suppose they will win every lottery for the next 100 years?
Where do you suppose they will get half a trillion dollars every year to pay the sales tax on all these medical cost?
Hmmm.
Now Fairtax has an idea. They say you can't really tax corporations, cause they pass it on.
You think maybe, just maybe, if insurance companies had to pay the highest sales tax on earth, on your medical, they would, oh, i don't know, pass the cost on?
Or would they go broke, be out of business in a month, and sell AmWay?"

A dying person has asked Mark to stop speaking for cancer patients and Mark the same as says fuck off! So much for his caring concern for cancer patients!