[Sparticus]

By the way Medicare is not welfare!

I beg to differ. All old-age payments from the government to individuals are welfare. (The one exception that could possibly be argued is the old railroad workers retirement system.) There never was a savings account with anyone's name on it... instead, the monies retiree's paid in over the years went to right back out to pay for the old age welfare payments of the then current retiree's or it went into the general fund and was spent on other things. Once the state gets their hands on the money we pay in, it stops being our money.

[oh8eleven]

All old-age payments from the government to individuals are welfare.
BS. The people who receive SS worked and paid into the system for years - including me - forty five years worth including three years in the military.
All your other comments like no real savings accounts, or gov't money is no longer our money, are just inane sophistry.

[Pan_Yan]

Bookmark so I can check back later and see how many people flamed you for pointing out that taxes are taxes.

[Conserev1]

I’m sorry but Welfare is an item you did not pay for.
SSI and Medicare was taken from my check for 40 years!
And I paid for it! Do you need a check stub? Well you can look at as a freebie for your SSI but I myself have a different veiwpoint! Regardless of where it went it was paid!