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dkf

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28. Ahhhh...so you don't run your household the way you would like this country to be run.

Reply to OKNancy (Reply #27)

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 10:49 AM

Dec 2012

Maybe deep down you do see what I see. You just haven't come to terms with it yet. I have and am preparing for it rather than denying it.

I would love to be provided with health care and a nice social security paycheck in my old age. But I am not counting on it because I've seen this country's budget.

The numbers don't work.

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How Many People Will Die if We Raise the Medicare Age to 67? [View all] HiPointDem Dec 2012 OP

Sounds like a good question for a phone call to your senators. nt patrice Dec 2012 #1

Then you've got to make it affordable. Raising the age is just the easiest way to do it. dkf Dec 2012 #2

Not the easiest for those who die. Or are you advocating fast killing drugs? n/t jtuck004 Dec 2012 #4

It's the easiest to do because a monkey can white out 65 and put 67. dkf Dec 2012 #5

But it would be millionaires, whiting out 1265 people, probably before lunch. Not monkees. jtuck004 Dec 2012 #6

What does a random person with a million dollars have to do with any of those people? dkf Dec 2012 #7

I'm not elected and choose to represent the greedy, so no, you are wrong. jtuck004 Dec 2012 #8

Oh your "millionaires" are our senators and reps.... dkf Dec 2012 #9

Sort of. But they are choosing to MAKE it a lie. Today. I remember some guy that was jtuck004 Dec 2012 #11

This is exactly what you mentioned...they are fessing up and saying there won't be the funding dkf Dec 2012 #15

Actually it is realistic. OKNancy Dec 2012 #16

Medicare doesn't even try to pay for itself so that is moot. The question is if it is payable at all dkf Dec 2012 #18

LOL - now this is ridiculous. There is no comparison OKNancy Dec 2012 #20

Maybe if you read our own government's reports once in a while you would understand. dkf Dec 2012 #21

I understand plenty. Here is what I understand OKNancy Dec 2012 #24

We aren't Greece...yet. But we could be. dkf Dec 2012 #25

my finances are just fine, thank you OKNancy Dec 2012 #27

Ahhhh...so you don't run your household the way you would like this country to be run. dkf Dec 2012 #28

Lets NOT think of the easiest way, lets look for a more complex solution that doesn't advocate death JaneyVee Dec 2012 #17

Well that is kind or my point. Raising the age is the lazy way. dkf Dec 2012 #19

Maybe we should keep hospital part a benefits at 65 but raise the age on the doctors and drugs. dkf Dec 2012 #3

anecdotal and all... Maine-ah Dec 2012 #10

I'm very sorry to hear about your mom. dkf Dec 2012 #12

as a bartender.... Maine-ah Dec 2012 #13

Shifting the financial burden of health care costs to 66 year olds on fixed incomes? Telly Savalas Dec 2012 #23

Hard to say. This better not happen. Or there will be hell to pay for anyone who votes Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #14

Many, many more that will be shot. This is our problem, we seem completely incapable of objective Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #22

That's the whole idea! Turbineguy Dec 2012 #26

yes. isn't that a sad statement on where we are? HiPointDem Dec 2012 #29