That 47% includes people collecting SS and Medicare which they were forced to pay for from their payroll tax. Doesn’t mean those retirees are going to support socialism.
Most already do. Medicare Part A is what those deductions pay for. It covers hospilization and not much else.
Most Seniors pay extra and sign up for Part B (all health care) and Part D (pharmaceutical). Then they sign unto a plan that manages their choices. All of this is voluntarily signing up for a government program for the financial advantage. They have socialized medicine, and happily so, because they save money.
“That 47% includes people collecting SS and Medicare which they were forced to pay for from their payroll tax. Doesn’t mean those retirees are going to support socialism.”
That would be my wife and me, and you;’re right in our case. We just wished that we had been able to “opt out” of SS and invest that money for ourselves.