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To: kitkat
"2. Drain any remaining savings the retiree has and then place them on Welfare."

We do that today. With Medicare.

351 posted on 02/01/2004 10:59:04 AM PST by sauropod (Better to have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy!)
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To: sauropod
***"2. Drain any remaining savings the retiree has and then place them on Welfare."***

>>>We do that today. With Medicare.<<<

HUH?

Medicare is PAID FOR by S.S. recipients. And it has nothing to do with Welfare. It also pays back almost nothing, and does NOT include prescription coverage.

I think you mean Medicaid, which is a Welfare program. And Medicaid is just what retirees DO NOT WANT.

They want to continue their self-sufficient way of life which they've worked for all their lives. And THAT, my friend, costs the tax payers a lot less.
355 posted on 02/01/2004 12:07:41 PM PST by kitkat (Purr, purr SNOOZE)
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