It was one of 15 things I listed in response to a question posed to me. I hardly “raised” the issue. 

That was not the question I posed to you. Have you difficulty with a related issue? The taxation or not of H/C premiums as you have just been discussing doesn’t have anything to do with “Masscare as a model” either!! I believe YOU raised that issue as a matter of “fairness”? 

The question to you remains on the table, with the addendum: What is Romney’s position on the matter I have raised?

Could you please let us know how many Republicans who have taken stands on the issue of taxes and health insurance premiums, stand with your position of giving a deduction to individuals, and how many, to make things “fair”, would simply remove the exemption and tax the individual for the compensation paid in the form of health insurance provided by the employer?

Which camp has more support?

Thanks 

GROG,
Absolutely correct (I know this, because I have to buy insurance as an individual and don’t get a deduction for it, even though I operate my own business).

And was that the case before the ACA, or is it newly made in the ACA?

If you make a salary of $50k per year and your employer pays $10k per year towards your health insurance benefits, you are not taxed on that $10k.  If you purchase health insurance on your own for $10k, you are taxed on that money when you earn it.  You may have to earn $12,500 in order to purchase $10,000 of insurance.

That’s where the discrimination takes place.

GROG,
The “penalty” you refer to is a historical artifact, since for decades expenses for insurance your employer buys for you are deductible for the employer, while your individual cost is not deductible for you. 

Although this is hardly fair to individuals, companies seem to like it that way.  Still, calling it a penalty under Obamacare isn’t what I would call honest.

Under Obamacare, there a penalty for purchasing private insurance rather than having it provided by your employer.

I was asked by Micheal what federal action Romney favors.  Ending that discrimination is one of those things.

GROG,
Yeah — in Masscare, the decisions on what is proper insurance and the like are made, not by a discrete board, appointed publicly, but by bureaucrats in the state government health department.  Members of the SEIU (Service Employees International Union).  So much better than some appointed medical experts.