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regnaD kciN

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38. Voucher-Care...

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 12:06 AM

Oct 2012

I'm over 55, so (theoretically) don't have to worry about my own Medicare. But my wife is under 50, and almost certain to outlive me by many years. It scares me to think of her needing medical care for many years after I'm gone, and it being unaffordable?

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What is your biggest fear if Romney wins the election? [View all] kentuck Oct 2012 OP

Supreme Court will be fucked for the rest of my lifetime Skittles Oct 2012 #1

That's it. Zoeisright Oct 2012 #2

I agree Syntara Oct 2012 #22

+1 n/t FreeState Oct 2012 #4

Ditto. MotherPetrie Oct 2012 #11

agreed n/t ReasonableToo Oct 2012 #29

By far this the worst thing. L0oniX Oct 2012 #31

absolutely Ghost of Tom Joad Oct 2012 #62

Biggest fear - a new war OutNow Oct 2012 #3

My biggest fear? Syntara Oct 2012 #5

S Court as above, more racism/callousness, war, health coverage, and a lot more. Hoyt Oct 2012 #6

DU will melt down. uppityperson Oct 2012 #7

romney will morph into an anodyne centrist renegade000 Oct 2012 #8

This is the most likely... YellowRubberDuckie Oct 2012 #67

Beware the dark side Luke... RiverStone Oct 2012 #9

That I'll have to wear magic underwear for job interviews aletier_v Oct 2012 #10

STOP IT ALETIER_V Skittles Oct 2012 #23

LOL!!! ailsagirl Oct 2012 #45

Gloating by republicans golfguru Oct 2012 #12

He'll take away Hide Thread. A-Schwarzenegger Oct 2012 #13

supremes, war, economic disaster, elleng Oct 2012 #14

My predictions exactly, if Romney were to win Zambero Oct 2012 #25

Goodness help that you're right; elleng Oct 2012 #33

He replaces Ginsburg with Scalia 2.0 n/t taught_me_patience Oct 2012 #15

He'll be in office for two terms MannyGoldstein Oct 2012 #16

shit my biggest fear is romney winning the election. craigmatic Oct 2012 #17

Total loss of all national park and wildlands; Global economic collapse; WW3; air like China and Ind amborin Oct 2012 #18

Handmaid's Tale no longer fiction. Arugula Latte Oct 2012 #19

I don't think Rmoney can legitimately "win" this election. Stealing it LibDemAlways Oct 2012 #20

Can he really do any of that without the backing of both houses of congress? YellowRubberDuckie Oct 2012 #69

you and i both know that if Romney steals this election teddy51 Oct 2012 #21

Privatization of Social Security - i.e., the theft of the $3 trillion trust fund. reformist2 Oct 2012 #24

Supreme Court Blue_In_AK Oct 2012 #26

Pretty sure the world will end Rosa Luxemburg Oct 2012 #27

That I am economically fucked. Evergreen Emerald Oct 2012 #28

Supreme Court, women's rights, gay rights, immigrant rights, fucked middle class. liberalmuse Oct 2012 #30

That it will embolden businesses to bargain in bad faith with, or unilaterally screw their employees Populist_Prole Oct 2012 #32

Have you seen the movie 2012? OffWithTheirHeads Oct 2012 #34

Supreme court, wars, loss of Soc Sec/Medicare LeftInTX Oct 2012 #35

That I'll no longer be able to get my same old Fruit Of The Looms PD Turk Oct 2012 #36

After eight more years of Republican reign, America may never be able to take over again. ladjf Oct 2012 #37

Voucher-Care... regnaD kciN Oct 2012 #38

A foreigner will steal my job and I will die in the gutter Rochester Oct 2012 #39

He is a corporate raider who bankrupts companies after sucking out all the money he can 2Design Oct 2012 #40

His Cabinet and Staff. Chipper Chat Oct 2012 #41

first I'm scared health insurance prices will go through the roof. EC Oct 2012 #42

Social Security and Medicare B Calm Oct 2012 #43

There are too many to list ailsagirl Oct 2012 #44

The obvious ones: SC and war with Iran, repealing Obama-care (important for family members with pre fujiyama Oct 2012 #46

My Fear PrBelvr Oct 2012 #47

There are a number of certainties. pointsoflight Oct 2012 #48

Watch the Mormon ceremony video in another thread in this forum.... OldDem2012 Oct 2012 #49

I have more than one biggest fear. Jamaal510 Oct 2012 #50

WW III ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #51

Let me add to this excellent list TomClash Oct 2012 #52

moot spanone Oct 2012 #53

There ya go!!! Best answer so far Populist_Prole Oct 2012 #54

You all are looking at this wrong my biggest fear libertypirate Oct 2012 #55

What's with all the defeatism? 6000eliot Oct 2012 #56

people with too much money will buy everything Mothdust Oct 2012 #57

I'm probably repeating what has already been said above Victor_c3 Oct 2012 #58

We will finally learn who he really is quaker bill Oct 2012 #59

depression/recession, starvation, poverty, homelessness nt ThomThom Oct 2012 #60

The final nail in the coffin of Labor Unions louis c Oct 2012 #61

I don't want to and can't EVEN think about it..... a kennedy Oct 2012 #63

Reckless foreign policy Franker65 Oct 2012 #64

That my husband (who works for the post office) will lose his job. Mad_Dem_X Oct 2012 #65

That I'll find someone who voted for him ejbr Oct 2012 #66

That we will be just that much closer to a theocracy justiceischeap Oct 2012 #68

My biggest fear is for the less fortunate and aspiring in society. bluestate10 Oct 2012 #70