[alloysteel]

Kill Medicare? The provisions of Obamacare had already put Medicare on a death sentence, by essentially STEALING all their trust fund and future contributions made on its behalf, to help fund a misguided effort to give “affordable” health care to those who have not and perhaps never shall contribute one whit to their own health costs.

The Ryan plan was meant to RESTORE the funds already previously dedicated to Medicare, and to expand its revenue to the point of sustainability (or is “sustainability” now a bad word?)

[Bernard Marx]

Kill Medicare? The provisions of Obamacare had already put Medicare on a death sentence, by essentially STEALING all their trust fund and future contributions

As a result of Obamamedia spin I'll bet a substantial sum that most Medicare recipients don't know that. In fact the liberal spin (with the collusion of the AARP) has been so effective that most seasoned citizens think Obama has "saved" Medicare. They will be in for a rude shock later but by then the damage will have been done. That's why the ugly parts of Obamacare were deviously back-loaded to take place in the future, well after this election.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

Kill Medicare? The provisions of Obamacare had already put Medicare on a death sentence, by essentially STEALING all their trust fund...

First of all, that is not how the vast majority of the public which is not reading Free Republic and can't stand Rush Limbaugh's style have and will hear it.

Second, your reference to the "trust fund" betrays your ignorance that there is no "trust fund" and the money has already been "stolen" and Obama is just stealing IOUs and it really doesn't matter what happens to them. SS & Medicare became bankrupt the moment annual outlays exceeded taxes several years ago. Since there is nothing in the trust funds and all other taxes are already spent, they are subsidized from China and the Federal Reserve's raiding of bank reserves. This will lead to complete economic ruin the moment those reserves are exhausted in another year or two if not right after the election.

Yes, we are on the verge of 1937 no matter who gets elected because all reserves are gone and the general public is entirely oblivious to the need for any action that changes what they are accustomed to.