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New Romney Campaign Ad: Ask Not What your Medicare Taxes Can Do For THEM, …
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 23:51
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A new Romney ad
tells older voters to think of it this way: “The moneyyou paid
for your guaranteed health care is going to a massive new government programthat’s not for you.”
tells older voters to think of it this way: “The moneyyou paid
for your guaranteed health care is going to a massive new government programthat’s not for you.”
– Gail Collins,
Middle-Age Blues, New York Times, this evening
Middle-Age Blues, New York Times, this evening
What? If
current Medicare recipients, and those who will begin receiving it within the
next 10 years, have already paid for
Medicare for themselves, then—um—why does Medicare have to be saved by these
two Republican saviors who will convert the system into partial-premium-voucher
system?
current Medicare recipients, and those who will begin receiving it within the
next 10 years, have already paid for
Medicare for themselves, then—um—why does Medicare have to be saved by these
two Republican saviors who will convert the system into partial-premium-voucher
system?
Oh. Wait. That very same budget plan that includes
that Medicare proposal also includes a proposal to end income taxes on capital
gains and on stock dividends and to reduce corporate income taxes—leaving a
budget deficit of trillions of dollars.
And, well, the money for that defense-budget increase that these folks also
propose has to come from somewhere,
doesn’t it? Other than just from the
elimination of Medicaid expenditures for nursing home care for the elderly who’ve
run out of savings during their nursing home stay, that is, since that alone
won’t cover that huge revenue reduction, and anyway it’s good policy to force
those nursing home residents to become self-reliant again. I understand that we’re making progress in
finding drugs to cure Alzheimer’s disease, but, still. And anyway, unless a cure is found before the
fiscal 2013 budget kicks in, there will be no federal money to fund continued
research on it.
that Medicare proposal also includes a proposal to end income taxes on capital
gains and on stock dividends and to reduce corporate income taxes—leaving a
budget deficit of trillions of dollars.
And, well, the money for that defense-budget increase that these folks also
propose has to come from somewhere,
doesn’t it? Other than just from the
elimination of Medicaid expenditures for nursing home care for the elderly who’ve
run out of savings during their nursing home stay, that is, since that alone
won’t cover that huge revenue reduction, and anyway it’s good policy to force
those nursing home residents to become self-reliant again. I understand that we’re making progress in
finding drugs to cure Alzheimer’s disease, but, still. And anyway, unless a cure is found before the
fiscal 2013 budget kicks in, there will be no federal money to fund continued
research on it.
So that leaves as the only option saving Medicare
by destroying it. No matter that the
money that those under-55 youngsters paid for their
guaranteed healthcare will be going to a massive new program that’s not for them. Well, okay, a program that’s for a few of
them. The ones who are living mainly off
of capital gains and stock dividends. A very few, I suspect.
by destroying it. No matter that the
money that those under-55 youngsters paid for their
guaranteed healthcare will be going to a massive new program that’s not for them. Well, okay, a program that’s for a few of
them. The ones who are living mainly off
of capital gains and stock dividends. A very few, I suspect.
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The entire Gail Collins column is absolutely
priceless—a definite must-read.
priceless—a definite must-read.
2012-08-15 23:41:24
Source: http://www.angrybearblog.com/2012/08/new-romney-campaign-ad-ask-not-what.html
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