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In reply to the discussion: How about raising the Medicare age on the top one percent? [View all]mainer
(12,018 posts)Rich people DO contribute a larger portion of money to Medicare. 3.8 percent of a million is a lot more than 3.8 percent of $50,000. Yet you want them to receive NO SERVICES at age 65. That's after giving a lifetime of far more money. Yes, it may be the same 3.8 percent of their income, but it is a lot more money than others give.
And you think ALL rich people are pushing for cutting Medicare. You know what? I'M A DEMOCRAT. So is Warren Buffett. So are most people who earn a lot of money in entertainment. You want to put them in your "evil 1-percenter" category? I'm in the entertainment industry, so I know these one-percenters. And they all voted for Obama. And they all were pushing to have their taxes raised. The very people who helped elect Obama. So I resent you casting us as the people who would take away YOUR Medicare.
This is the part of DU that drives me crazy. The folks who can only see in black and white and think that the world is all "us against them."