Posted on 10/23/2015 2:14:22 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
LOL good analogy!
But what the hell? Let's just keep on keepin' on, until the whole damned thing comes down around our ears.
People don’t look at Medicare and Social Security as welfare because they have paid into it their whole lives (and these payments were extorted from them on penalty of jail, so it’s not like they had a choice). Not quite the same as going on food stamps or the dole.
It’s not welfare when you paid for it. If they are going to cut SS and Medicare, they should default on all the government debt. Again, why should foreign investors who voluntarily loaned money to the government get priority over citizens who had premiums involuntarily deducted from their pay all their working lives?
I believe we owe Trump a debt of gratitude for paving the way for others to speak the unspeakable or so deemed so by the orthodox apparatchiks...
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Yep... unless they want to start giving us our money back lump sum, tax free, in inflation adjusted dollars.
So answer my question. Why should foreign investors who voluntarily loaned money to the government get priority over citizens who had premiums involuntarily deducted from their pay all their working lives?
I know what you mean. I didn’t have dental insurance for a long time, and when I asked what the different charges were, the difference was like 50%. I got out for somewhere around $88 when an insured exam would have been $175.
Imagine this dynamic on a national economic scale. Healthcare prices would be a significantly small fraction of what they are now - for EVERYONE.
Worth repeating....
I like Trump, Carson, and Cruz. Waiting to see how this all plays out as we approach the first primary.
Dr. Ben Carson continues to get my attention with his common sense analyses, and detailed pronouncements. He is looking more and more like a winner!
Yes!!!
Even my sister who is 3 decades long democrat voter and I have agreed to vote for Trump this time! He transcends into so many voting blocks. From the evangelicals down to union workers.
Yep...
This is like Paul Ryan saying he is going to throw Grandma and Grandpa off the Cliff...
If this doesn’t sink him, it should!!!
This isn’t HIS money we are talking about, we have paid into that all our working lives...if he wants to live off the bundle he’s made by selling baby parts that’s fine, but he can keep his mitts off of mine!!! When I need it!!!
That’s right.
“Hmmmm. Will what Ben Carson just said about Medicare SINK his campaign?”
Like it or not Ben, in the real world, Medicare is a VERY POPULAR program, right up there with Social Security...and not just for seniors, but also for people who are starting to think about those years, and people with elderly parents.
Saying that you’ll simply give every senior a voucher for $2,000 to run out and buy insurance simply won’t do very well with that crowd...and, in my opinion, pretty much makes him look like an idealist kook...in the eyes of most people - at least that’s how I see it.
But you do know that they are not paid the “billed amount” by the third party just like you did not pay the “billed amount”.
I agree.
You ask difficult questions! The easy answer is obviously, the gubbermint knows they will need to borrow more in future from foreigners. You and me? They can tax us whatever their heart desires and we must pay or go to jail..
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