I have the same theory about healthcare. If you put the cost burden 100% on companies (copays, drugs, everything) they will lobby for sensible changes to the system. Sidestepping the glacial pace of reform we find ourselves in now where normal people are picked off one by one.
I believe the same way about taxes. As long as over 50% of the population makes low contribution to actual federal budget, they don't care much about how the money is spent unless it impacts an ideology - which allows forevermore government spending.
