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Posted on 06/23/2003 11:31:04 AM PDT by dwilli
Is anyone listening to this phony jerk? Do this idiot really believe that everyone can afford their own drugs. I pay for mine but there are lots of hard working people that can't afford the $300 a month I have to pay.
I have listened to Limbaugh since the days his first hour was local New York but the millions he has made turned him into a elitist fool.
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To: dwilli
"A family of four making 50 grand is not paying a heavy load of taxes." I want you to understand that I mean the following in the best possible way!
You are full of horseshit!
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posted on
06/23/2003 11:48:17 AM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
(French: old Europe word meaning surrender)
To: Feckless
Then I assume you will refuse to accept Social Security
at retirement time. The money to pay your share will come out of the paychecks of the younger.
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posted on
06/23/2003 11:49:02 AM PDT
by
dwilli
To: dwilli
Do you want other people to bear the burden of your $300/month drug bill that you already pay for yourself?
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posted on
06/23/2003 11:49:26 AM PDT
by
wimpycat
("I don't think it's quite fair to condemn a whole program because of a single slip-up.")
To: dwilli
Oh so that makes it OK to take from them to pay for anothers meds.
Medicare taxes are paid on every earned dollar, and i'm sure some of this money will be used to pay for those meds.
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posted on
06/23/2003 11:50:57 AM PDT
by
Guillermo
(Proud Infidel)
To: dwilli
Yes they are. Take a look at the ever expanding FICA out of a paycheck.
Do you even earn a paycheck?
To: hresources
So, is Medicare going to pick up the tab for a second opinion? How much do you think that will cost?
I understand the constitutional argument about this, but you need to know that you haven't dealt with prescription prices lately. I take two medicines which I will probably take for the rest of my life. I have insurance, am not on Medicare.
I just checked the online discount pharmacy for the prices of my TWO medicines for one month. Please remember that seniors often are on many more medicines than two.
The monthly cost of my medicine, at an on-line discount pharmacy, is $204.27.
Now, I am willing to go back to means testing in Medicare. However, there will be howling about a cut-off line, and then you will have costs incurred from keeping track of income. It may be cheaper to give Ross Perot and others prescription drug coverage rather than set up another bureaucracy to keep track of who qualifies and who doesn't.
I am not addressing the constitutionality, because Medicare itself is unconstitutional, and we are not going to get rid of it any time soon. That is reality.
To: wimpycat
I can afford mine but a lot of people, including some posting on this thread can't. They won't bitch until they are faced with the cost of medication.
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posted on
06/23/2003 11:52:12 AM PDT
by
dwilli
To: Miss Marple
So, is Medicare going to pick up the tab for a second opinion? I recall an adage about a dearth of choosing going hand in hand with begging.... How does that go again?
To: chookter
FICA is not a tax.
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posted on
06/23/2003 11:54:10 AM PDT
by
dwilli
To: dwilli
That's just stupid. When I am eligible for Social Security (if it still exists) then I will have been paying into the system for over 40 years. It's not like SS recipients get something for nothing.
And it won't be long before there are only 2 younger workers for every retiree. The system will go broke, but A-hole Dems don't want to allow younger workers the choice (it's all about "choice", isn't it?) to invest a portion of their SS tax into the private sector.
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posted on
06/23/2003 11:54:17 AM PDT
by
wimpycat
("I don't think it's quite fair to condemn a whole program because of a single slip-up.")
To: dwilli
I'll accept SS because I have been forced to pay into it. Doesn't make it right.
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posted on
06/23/2003 11:54:22 AM PDT
by
Feckless
To: dwilli
They won't bitch until they are faced with the cost of medication. OK, if I cannot afford my own, how am I going to afford chipping in for everyone elses too?
To: dwilli
"FICA is not a tax." Bwah hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
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posted on
06/23/2003 11:55:27 AM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
(French: old Europe word meaning surrender)
To: dwilli
FICA is not a tax. Federal government taking part of my hard earned dollars and there's no way I can stop them=TAX.
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posted on
06/23/2003 11:56:02 AM PDT
by
wimpycat
("I don't think it's quite fair to condemn a whole program because of a single slip-up.")
To: dwilli
FICA is not a tax. BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Then I guess it doesn't actually come out of my 'pre-tax' paycheck?
I don't want to pay it. Can I have it back?
To: Mad Dawgg
It will become a tax if the ceiling is ever removed.
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posted on
06/23/2003 11:56:36 AM PDT
by
dwilli
To: dwilli
FICA is not a tax.I'll bite. How is it not a tax?
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posted on
06/23/2003 11:57:02 AM PDT
by
Maceman
To: Maceman
It is a contribution to your own retirement. You can avoid
FICA. Get some government jobs or enough civilian jobs
to bring your income above the ceiling.
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posted on
06/23/2003 11:59:48 AM PDT
by
dwilli
To: dwilli
It is a contribution to your own retirement. So, in other words, FICA=Social Security.
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posted on
06/23/2003 12:03:12 PM PDT
by
wimpycat
("I don't think it's quite fair to condemn a whole program because of a single slip-up.")
To: RogerWilko
I've seen people using food stamps that have a better car than me!!Those days will soon be over. Food Stamps are being replaced by inconspicuous debit cards. Then, recipients will look like anyone else using a debit card at the checkout counter.
The do-gooders are trying to remove the "stigma" of government assistance. I guess they don't see how a little "stigma" can be a very good thing.
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posted on
06/23/2003 12:03:39 PM PDT
by
newgeezer
(Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary. You have the right to be wrong.)
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