[collabs]

I sincerely believe that a better idea in my opinion is to eliminate all means testing in government benefits altogether. No, higher taxes is not means testing. They are not the same thing at all. Removing means testing means we want the service to be used by all, which means the service should be at least usable by people who have the option to use something else. On a similar note, medicare clawback rules are cruel and unusual punishment. To punish the stupid and ill prepared while rewarding those who did tax planning five years or more before retirement is cruel.

Extra taxes on the stupid should be illegal.

[hack1312]

Yes, exactly. Means-testing just makes a service more expensive by inserting needless middlemen.

[etothepii]

If we are going to tax things that we want less of; would not taxing stupidity seem like good public policy?