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Yooperman

(592 posts)
100. My God ....
Mon Feb 27, 2012, 04:27 PM
Feb 2012

Why not just get rid of it completely then? I already have family members that can't retire because they don't have insurance as part of their company retirement plans.

I have personally worked with people that the only reason they were working was because their spouse wasn't old enough for medicare forcing the husband to keep working to provide her with insurance. He was 68 or 69 ... could have retired 4 or 5 years earlier and allowed for a younger person who needed a job to have one.

As for SS... there wouldn't be a problem had all the funds allocated for SS been used for SS benefits only! But it has been raided several times putting it at risk.

YM

Go for it Mittens Politicalboi Feb 2012 #1
Exactly wrong. CAPHAVOC Feb 2012 #3
+1 nt abelenkpe Feb 2012 #11
+1 peacebird Feb 2012 #16
CAPHAVOC LoisB Feb 2012 #24
+1 Hayabusa Feb 2012 #39
YES! It's called national health care Gringostan Feb 2012 #70
I'd be happy with any Dem saying to lower it even 1 year. Don't hear that though do we? harun Feb 2012 #77
I know. CAPHAVOC Feb 2012 #78
More like their front pocket!...nt Walk away Feb 2012 #86
When we're living to 130, 140, having the benefit kick in at 65 is silly. boppers Feb 2012 #2
Just raise taxes 3% and have Medicare for all. Fuddnik Feb 2012 #34
16%, or many more drastic changes need to be made. boppers Feb 2012 #36
The 16% of GDP figure (maybe 18% by now) is the cost Jackpine Radical Feb 2012 #71
HR 676 projects that with an increase of 3.5% of the Medicare tax for Employer and Employee. Fuddnik Feb 2012 #84
Oh, but that would be a PAYROLL TAX INCREASE!! klook Feb 2012 #97
it really is sad that he`s one of the republican canidates madrchsod Feb 2012 #4
Is this sarcastic? lark Feb 2012 #15
yes madrchsod Feb 2012 #23
Thank God the old crunch60 Feb 2012 #31
My favorite line of the week: Duer 157099 Feb 2012 #32
Barbara Bush's uterus should be declared-- eridani Feb 2012 #53
Uh the KKK barely exist anymore... progress2k12nbynd Feb 2012 #50
Just read it as "KKK mentality" then. Webster Green Feb 2012 #52
LOL... funniest line I have read in a long time.... Yooperman Feb 2012 #99
Of course he is, he'll never need it... Rhiannon12866 Feb 2012 #5
We Americans in our fifties should be concerned Kolesar Feb 2012 #6
Yes, very concerned Ishoutandscream2 Feb 2012 #7
So would Obama. woo me with science Feb 2012 #8
+1 NorthCarolina Feb 2012 #9
no DonCoquixote Feb 2012 #55
Utter fantasy re: Obama. Wishful spinning with no basis in reality whatsoever. woo me with science Feb 2012 #62
This. n/t Le Taz Hot Feb 2012 #64
You are sadly Carolina Feb 2012 #98
So, when it comes to Social Security NorthCarolina Feb 2012 #73
A chance is all we get sometimes DonCoquixote Feb 2012 #83
To be honest NorthCarolina Feb 2012 #85
There are some we believe he did that as a ploy to demonstrate how anything his administration did still_one Feb 2012 #12
shhh hush dont speak those things Warren Stupidity Feb 2012 #17
+1000, as usual, spot on stockholmer Feb 2012 #40
Indeed. nt MannyGoldstein Feb 2012 #43
Would that be the Ford Field Millions & Millions? Democrat18 Feb 2012 #10
Lemme get this straight abelenkpe Feb 2012 #13
Why let a crisis go to waste? nobodyspecial Feb 2012 #21
How do they even get one single stinkin' vote? NBachers Feb 2012 #28
Propaganda, Faux Nooz, and talk radio work. Fuddnik Feb 2012 #35
They cheat. Octafish Feb 2012 #45
The Republican are beginning to sound like Greeks.... Historic NY Feb 2012 #51
The result of that would be to push more of those under his age limit into the uninsured group and jwirr Feb 2012 #14
and get them fired too Warren Stupidity Feb 2012 #19
There is nothing at your link about Medicare. former9thward Feb 2012 #18
I've added to note to the OP dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #22
So when people lose their jobs after 65 and no one will hire them nobodyspecial Feb 2012 #20
Alan Grayson was xxqqqzme Feb 2012 #25
The answer is obvious to me..............................nt sandyj999 Feb 2012 #30
Same thing that people now over 55 losing their jobs do... Harry Back Feb 2012 #103
well knock Romney out lovuian Feb 2012 #26
Alan Grayson was right when he Smilo Feb 2012 #27
And we can all work until we are 90. What an ass. nt sandyj999 Feb 2012 #29
A good, effective way to get rid of some of the excess population of older people. Crunchy Frog Feb 2012 #33
It's more like another way to lose the election in the GE if he is the nominee. Amonester Feb 2012 #48
One would certainly hope that's the case. n/t Crunchy Frog Feb 2012 #74
Also, the longevity benefits are unequally distributed Jackpine Radical Feb 2012 #72
I really don't see any way around that happening customerserviceguy Feb 2012 #37
No! the same ages for everyone. RC Feb 2012 #38
Oh, yes customerserviceguy Feb 2012 #46
Why would you agree to any of these changes?? flamingdem Feb 2012 #57
Agree. And not to sound sexist, but often, it's harder on women. Rozlee Feb 2012 #82
At some point there WILL be changes customerserviceguy Feb 2012 #93
without single payer, and a removal of the profit motive from healthcare, the US is fucked stockholmer Feb 2012 #41
I'd love to hear the wailing of the CEO's customerserviceguy Feb 2012 #47
Bullshit. The problem with Medicare is the same problem with the rest of our eridani Feb 2012 #58
Succinct and to the point. Thank you. woo me with science Feb 2012 #65
Don't get me wrong customerserviceguy Feb 2012 #91
Their tort systems are pretty much like ours, but people don't use it to sue doctors eridani Feb 2012 #102
We should just start digging ditches to throw old geezers into. Crunchy Frog Feb 2012 #75
The kind of jobs customerserviceguy Feb 2012 #92
I'm blasting you for suggesting that ANYONE in their 60's Crunchy Frog Feb 2012 #94
I'm for single payer customerserviceguy Feb 2012 #96
my first response: is he TRYING to lose? second response: voters aren't the target audience. yurbud Feb 2012 #42
Response to your first question is Sherman A1 Feb 2012 #61
I'm shocked the way they just pass this suggestion as no big deal. Tell that to my southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #44
Oh please, make Rmoney the Republics Amonester Feb 2012 #49
Romney's statement is made to get more Supper PAC money UCmeNdc Feb 2012 #54
I'm really worried for my mom davidpdx Feb 2012 #56
This message was self-deleted by its author woo me with science Feb 2012 #68
If he cut the war budget...... Rosa Luxemburg Feb 2012 #59
Romney can't connect with real people Rosa Luxemburg Feb 2012 #60
fits my Conehead theory: he's really Beldar from Remulak yurbud Feb 2012 #79
^Post of the day^ Not only highly accurate, but goes right to the root of Mitt's problem. Major Hogwash Feb 2012 #81
and he is an empty suit Rosa Luxemburg Feb 2012 #101
Obama plans to do the same as Romney JJW Feb 2012 #63
In the case of SS, it amounts to the continued theft of FUNDED SS benefits to make Middle Class.... Faryn Balyncd Feb 2012 #66
In the case of the Obama administration.... JJW Feb 2012 #69
You are correct......and it appears many areresigned to letting this get even worse. Faryn Balyncd Feb 2012 #76
This message was self-deleted by its author old man 76 Feb 2012 #67
So nice of the Republicans to just concede 2012! L. Coyote Feb 2012 #80
Non-Republican voters\ clangsnwhoops Feb 2012 #87
Here's a better idea Mitt. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2012 #88
Oh Shit.. we'll be on our aluminum walkers at Wal-Marts Front Door. lib2DaBone Feb 2012 #89
Spam deleted by uppityperson (MIR Team) sfghrtjr Feb 2012 #90
"...to gradually delay Americans' eligibility for Medicare as well as Social Security." unkachuck Feb 2012 #95
My God .... Yooperman Feb 2012 #100
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