Harry Dresden
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- Dec 15, 2008
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Do you remember Becks little rally. I bet you 100% of those old people didnt want their medicare cut.
This one is going to bite the republicans in the ass.
and there lies the problem.....everyone will get old some day and will be retired and will need some kind of Medical they can afford....when your 25 years old you dont think of this unless you think about your grand parents and how it is for them.....i personally think the Elderly should be off limits to Cuts.....they paid into this stuff for years.....they should be able to collect when they need it........but then thats just me....Harry the Humanitarian....
The real problem is that we are not going to have a choice but to cover these people, who in fact will be us at some point. I don't care how much the conservatives think that we can just make them pay their own way; if they don't have the money, they will not be able to and someone else will have to. Either that, or we just tell them to go home and die. I really don't see that happening. While a few people here would be fine with that, the vast majority of Americans would not.
So the question is how do we pay for it all, and how much do we make the individual responsible for even when they may have limited financial ability to pay much on their own. To me the answer is simple; make them work longer. Remember, when Medicare was first set up, people began collecting benefits at the age of 65. Then they died, on average, two years later instead of thirteen years later like today.
i was delivering some mail from the Census bureau that had on its face that according to their facts....people avg 18 years in retirement today....