From: "Gregg Strom/BRYX Int'l" 


"James Adams"  wrote in message
news:393511E2.E193EBED{at}compuserve.com...
> That's why it's tax deductable.  After WWII the government encourged
> companies to offer health insurance in order to contain inflation and as
> a stopgap until a government plan was in place.  Full health insurance
> was one of HST's goals.

Serious question: Was this to actually contain inflation, or to contain the
MEASURE of inflation. (i.e., did company benefits not count towards wage
inflation?)

gs

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