So do I. I have worked since I was 14. I have paid the maximum SS contributions as long as I can actually remember. I made damn good money before I retired two years ago. My Federal Tax Bill that year was over $50,000. I know plenty. The one thing I can say is that I never got (even though eligible) EITC, SNAP, Section 8, Medicaid, WICS, SCHIP, or any of that. It seems, though, almost half of us here in this country don't know anything but entitlement of one form or another, and that is all at taxpayer expense.
Dido here, not one dime in tax payer for me. But now with health care they are going to get thier hands into my pocket and most likely will end up owning my home. I am healthy so thus far I have avoided medicare, I rather just pay cash for a doctors visit. I have no interest in end of life treatment I rather leave stuff behind for loved ones.