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In the discussion thread: Romney Adviser Says GOP Would Extend Medicare’s Solvency By Raising The Eligibility Age [View all]

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Sun Aug 19, 2012, 11:39 AM

Maeve (28,526 posts)

12. The longer life span is enjoyed by the upper classes, not by the poor

So all you hard-working blue collar types can just suck it up a bit longer.

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40 replies	Author	Time	Post
Romney Adviser Says GOP Would Extend Medicare’s Solvency By Raising The Eligibility Age [View all]	kpete	Aug 2012	OP
Why Not Make It 80 Or Until A Person Is Dead?	TheMastersNemesis	Aug 2012	#1
Heh. I just read the headline to my husband and he asked "to what? 90?" n/t	indie_voter	Aug 2012	#4
Rmoney's calculation is clear. Your age at death + 1 day. Everybody get's it forever	Vincardog	Aug 2012	#35
Listen closely: HE WOULD MOVE THE AGE NOW, FOR ALL OF US	Faygo Kid	Aug 2012	#2
m	femrap	Aug 2012	#22
This will not be popular for the Republicans	Rosa Luxemburg	Aug 2012	#30
BUT he just told us with his white board there would be NO CHANGE to Medicare with RmoneyRyan	wordpix	Aug 2012	#28
True, but the kicker for me personally is that	NorthCarolina	Aug 2012	#37
JFC!! what idiots	OKNancy	Aug 2012	#3
Simply raise the income cap, don't fuck with eligibility.	xtraxritical	Aug 2012	#13
+1000! eom	BlueMTexpat	Aug 2012	#19
totally agree with this	wordpix	Aug 2012	#29
Yes, raise the cap.	WHEN CRABS ROAR	Aug 2012	#31
There is no income cap on Medicare withholding; Medicare withholding	WestSeattle2	Aug 2012	#40
Now there is a vote getter	Botany	Aug 2012	#5
Would be like a doctor saying....."we have to kill you to cure you"	yourout	Aug 2012	#6
Die first, then apply	NBachers	Aug 2012	#7
So how does the GOP plan to combat age discrimination	cap	Aug 2012	#8
They want to raise the age to 67. African American men currently enjoy a life expectancy of 69	Bluenorthwest	Aug 2012	#9
Another error by romunism!	flamingdem	Aug 2012	#10
France, 1789.	onehandle	Aug 2012	#11
+ 5 brazillion	kestrel91316	Aug 2012	#18
I'm afraid you might be right	PD Turk	Aug 2012	#25
The longer life span is enjoyed by the upper classes, not by the poor	Maeve	Aug 2012	#12
Remember, the Republicans are the ones that have the formula to decide what your life is worth..	progressivebydesign	Aug 2012	#15
Oh great - put off even more when people can retire	csziggy	Aug 2012	#14
If Gilliespie Thinks CBO Assumption Is "Unrealistic"	DallasNE	Aug 2012	#16
Good move. Because elderly folks living on $800/mo	kestrel91316	Aug 2012	#17
Just the Republicans moving another goal post	MurrayDelph	Aug 2012	#20
Pretty soon it would only be for centenarians...	Historic NY	Aug 2012	#21
Are they brain dead?	Harmony Blue	Aug 2012	#23
Almost no companies offer health care benefits to retirees any more.	SheilaT	Aug 2012	#24
I was laid off at 60, so had to have private insurance,	hollysmom	Aug 2012	#26
How about this: 1%-ers get no Medicare benefits b/c they can pay for health care themselves	wordpix	Aug 2012	#27
in 4 years the president	AlphaCentauri	Aug 2012	#32
Would you buy a used car from Slick Eddie?	bucolic_frolic	Aug 2012	#33
We've got to kill it..	sendero	Aug 2012	#34
To be fair;	greiner3	Aug 2012	#36
Ridiculous.	JDPriestly	Aug 2012	#38
Raise the eligibility age to what, 125? They desperately want to kill that program;	WestSeattle2	Aug 2012	#39

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