[sickoflibs]

RE :”So you are saying that somebody who never paid $1mil in taxes...even if all payments over a 40 year working life earned 8% interest...should have their living expenses paid by the working population and borrowing?”

40 years??? Ryan(you) only give the 55 year olds just 10 years to build up that $1M saved for nursing home care.

8% ??? You see 8% ? The Federal reserve is keeping savings interest rates at about ~ 1/2 % while driving up food and energy costs, with another major market crash very likely within the next 10 years.

If you look at your arguments with some more realistic assumptions you will see that privatization is much more brutal than Republicans want to admit. Maybe it is necessary, but if so lets have an honest discussion about both current medicare options and privatization options.

[ex-snook]

Thanks for your illuminating posts.

Being pro-life does not end at birth. Caring for the unable is pro-life. We can decide if we are to be a shining city on the hill or the planet of the apes.

The pivotal question is - what is the right thing to do. Not - how much money does grandma have. Conservatives should be for conserving more than money.