For a family of three -- mom, dad and one child -- the poverty level is $18,310. So, a family of this size would be able to earn up to $73,240 and still be on the federal health-insurance dole.
For a family of four -- mom, dad and two children -- the poverty level is $22,050, and the upper income for getting federal health insurance subsidies would be $88,200.
For a family the size of the Brady Bunch -- mom, dad and six children -- the poverty level is $37,010, and the upper income for getting health insurance subsidies would be $148,040.
For a family the size of the one Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., grew up in -- two parents and nine children -- the poverty level is $48,230, and the cutoff point for federal insurance subsidies would be $192,920.
Usually, the only thing the class warriors pushing health care reform want to give to higher income people is higher taxes. But not in this case, and the reason is simple: The more people who become reliant on government for their health care, the more control government will have over people's lives.
According to the Census Bureau's latest report on household income ("Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2007"), the median household income in America was $50,233 in 2007. Only 32.1 percent of American households earned more than $75,000, and only 20.2 percent earned more than $100,000.
The two-person household making $58,280 per year that would qualify for federal health-insurance subsidies under Obamacare is in the richer half of American households. The family of four making $88,200 is well into the upper third of incomes. The Brady Bunch earning $148,040 are so rich they are almost -- but not quite -- in the same financial stratosphere occupied by members of Congress.
A Kennedy-sized clan could earn more than the $174,000 per year paid by taxpayers to congressmen and still get federal insurance subsidies.
Once Americans are corralled into a federally subsidized and federally regulated insurance exchange, escape will be unlikely.
Americans can either be self-reliant and free or reliant on government and not free. Choose freedom. Kill health care reform.