Posted on 08/30/2009 9:59:50 PM PDT by Phree Non-Phixion
Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY) of Wyoming delivered the weekly Republican address Saturday on the loss of Senator Kennedy and the importance of getting health care reform done right.
Senator Enzi discussed how the Democrats are rushing a health reform bill through congress that will ultimately "raid Medicare", raise costs and increase the deficit.
And, he urged lawmakers to listen to what the American people are saying and scrap the Democrats’ current plan in order to "enact common sense reform that will actually cut costs."
Here's the video: Senator Enzi: ObamaCare to Cut Billions from Elderly
Well, duh! The current crop of oldsters are the last group who will get much out of SS and Medicare. There are simply too many people entering their “golden years” and not enough workers. It was a Ponzi scheme from the beginning, and if a private entity had constructed such a program, the people running it would have gone to prison.
We Baby Boomers know that we are left holding the empty bag after years of paying hefty taxes into the system. It’s just the way it is. I don’t want my children and grandchildren to pay the horrendous taxes it would take to prop up this immoral scheme.
I know what the solution to SS and Medicare funding is going to be - you won’t be able to collect until you are at least 106 years old.
Wow, I’m shocked that he’s actually feigning any concern for the welfare of medicare. Talk about disingenuous.
Oddly enough the medicare advocacy groups aren’t as concerned?
http://www.healthactionnow.org/?s_src=20090809_US_ADV_A_Google
http://www.medicareadvocacy.org/Reform_08_11.20.MedicareAndHealthCareReform.htm
Although I must admit that I love the term Obamacare, it shows that corporate interst are much better at deploying Saul Alinsky’s method of attack much more affectively than regular Republicans.
Bravo!
Personally ... I prefer the newer term “ObamaCrap”. :)
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