[Jim Noble]

I'm going to dissent from the avalanche of gotcha which is sure to come on this thread.

If you oppose paying for the medical needs of all Medicare beneficiaries through taxation, you should support abolishing Medicare.

If you support paying other people's medical bills through taxation, then you should support raising taxes - a lot.

But you can't support trillions for other people's medical bills AND not paying for it. That's our policy now - and it's a disaster.

[SonOfDarkSkies]

The point is that we have all been paying for our medicare our whole lives, but the government has been taking the surplus (that not needed for immediate expenditures) and dumping in General Fund to waste on their boondoggles.

I never expected anyone else to pay for my healthcare but the government made me set aside moneys for my own...and, not having spent it, I want it back with interest!!!