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Response to dipsydoodle (Original post)

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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