Why won't the GOP just come right out and say they want to cut SS, Medicare Medicaid?

[JustAnotherGen]

27. eridani

I have a different take - hope I'm supporting you on this . . .


If you start playing "this person who makes LESS get this and that person gets THAT" - it starts to turn into a TANF/SNAP type of program.

To me - the beauty of SS is that EVERYONE pays in - and EVERYONE 'gets' and because of this it can never have that snotty Reagan quip about 'Welfare Queens' taking something from someone else.


Now - I am a high earner - I have NO PROBLEM paying in more - and I really truly believe that this MUST happen. It simply must. Turning 40 next week - and my mom is a Boomer. We are on the verge of a huge implosion called Aging Baby Boomers and I'll be damned if a SINGLE one of them is going to go hungry, cold, or without medical care. It's bullshit. So the end of the SS tax holiday was a good thing - but we need to do more.


Now - I got my first big paycheck at 8 years old for a few Kodak advertising campaigns. Basically - I've been paying in for 32 years. Whether I 'need' it or not - I've paid in. I want it there when I'm older. Who knows - maybe I'll use it each year to support progressive/liberal PACS? But I paid in - I want it back. If it means I have to pay more to shore it up - so be it.


And having a mom who turned sixty five in November, but only makes $40K a year (stepped down from a Regional position to slow down a bit) - I'd like to know how the newbie intends to address her. My dad died in August 2011 - based on her family history she'll live to be into her 90's. Perhaps the newbie thinks the million dollars or so my parents saved all of those years should be run through for ALL of her basic needs and medical and then he/she will put her on the cat food commission in 15 years? Nope - don't think so.


The boomers had the rug pulled out from under them circa 1980. The rules changed. They just found this out about 5 years ago. I'll be damned if I throw any single one of them under the bus. They are ALL counting on that money in some way, shape, or form or another. My mom intends to use it for supplemental medical (Medicare does a shit job on prescriptions and such).