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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 01:15 PM Original message |
Where do all these seniors think Medicare comes from? |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. Cabbage Leaves? |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Damn, I was gonna say that! |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I got lucky. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. Why don't you know? It's an insurance program!! They all paid into it! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
37. which is true. |
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The empressof all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. They are not rational |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. "They are hepped up on Fear" - and hate. |
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WillieW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I am a senior and I am not afraid - I trust Obama. |
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The empressof all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. I'm almost a Senior WillieW |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. Jesus? |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. They got theirs, the just don't want to share |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
8. Ther remind me of Abe Simpson on The Simpsons: |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. There was the Simpsons episode where Abe Simpson just keeps getting a check... |
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ellie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Or one of the Treehouse of Horror |
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Profprileasn (127 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. They contributed |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. One of the biggest problems I have with it all is the fact that |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Like all other people who receive their insurance through their employers |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 09:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. No, they won't be on the same plan. They will be exempt. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Their plan is an exchange just like the exchange that will be created |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. There should be NO differences. A congressman isn't |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. If your employer now has a plan, that will be your plan as I understand the bill. |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:43 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. I maintain what I said. |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. Weren't they told that Medicare/Medicaid would be cut substantially |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. No, they were told that the costs of Medicare/Medicaid were going to be reduced. |
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SleeplessInAlabama (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
15. "The free market". nt |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
16. If you really want to blow their minds, tell them that when MediCare was being debated in Congress, |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
18. From the medicare fairy, of course. n/t |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
19. I went round and round about this with friends who are a retired couple. |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
20. That's part of the problem...they don't think. They react. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
21. It's really a shame they can't recall 1965. It's also a shame that Social Security uses electronic |
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jdlh8894 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Also can't see |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
22. Mine comes from the Medicare fairy |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
26. Same place as their kids come from -- storks. |
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chat_noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
28. message to those seniors |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
29. Santa Claus. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
34. The health care fairy. |
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heppcatt (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
35. I was informed medicare is a private insurance company........ |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 07:53 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. some truth there. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
39. Many people are even too ignorant to realize that government programs are paid for by taxes. |
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christi (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
40. Rationing |
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