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I just received an alert from MoveOn.org regarding a secret budget plan concerning Medicare. I do not have a link to it but will show pertinent parts of the e-mail to back up this situation:
"Subject: Abolish Medicare?
To: "Richard W. Firth" <firthrichardw@yahoo.com>
Date: Thursday, April 7, 2011, 6:55 PM
"Republicans just released their budget plan and it abolishes Medicare. Even for Republicans, that's a pretty radical step. So we're trying to get every Republican, including Rep. Cantor, on the record. Can you call him and ask if he'll oppose the plan to abolish Medicare?"
As I read the alert it just gets worse.
"On Tuesday, the Republicans released a new budget plan that abolishes Medicare within 10 years.
"Republicans were already threatening to shut down the government at the end of the week,2 but the budget plan they released yesterday takes things to a new level.
"They want to eliminate the guarantee of medical care to seniors in America. Their budget plan would replace Medicare with vouchers that seniors would use to pay Big Insurance. And if the vouchers aren't enough to pay for their care—and the Congressional Budget Office says they won't be—too bad."
I called Cantor's office and when I pressed for an answer the staffer rudely and promptly hung up.
I had to call Cantor's office on another issue and after I got finished regarding that issued I again brought up how the previous staffer handled my request on the budget issue and again the staffer promptly hung up. I finally got a courteous staffer in the Richmond office who will forward a formal complaint to the Washington office as well as a demand for an answer.
Seniors it is time to shut this government down for good, padlock the doors, make citizen arrests and throw them in jail. They are the most corrupt bunch be they democrats or republicans and it is time to start a third party and get rid of the other two. Enough is enough.
People I am going viral with, posting it now on WTVR Forum and then the internet.
I will send one of the nastiest faxes to Cantor he ever received. I AM HOT AND FURIOUS AND I INTEND TO LIGHT A FIRE UNDER THAT INEPT GROUP OF THERE WHO CLAIM TO REPRESENT US AND DON'T ENOUGH IS ENOUGH DON'T TREAD ON ME
cantor, who won his district bcs his only opponent "other". sad. Well they may not want to get re-elected then, as more and more seniors require long term care.
Also there is a growing faction of Independents whose first order of business is "vote the bums out"....people are disgusted with business as usual. Also Cantor needs to work with his PR people, on tv his image comes across as a sniveling rabbit.
Be advised I provided links from all across the spectrum to mitigate a perception of "bias" by those who are hypersensitive.
The under publicized caveat is that Ryan's plan only guarantees a voucher, it doesn't guarantee that people will receive medical treatment. In other words, you'll have some money to buy private insurance, but nothing says that an insurance company cannot deny coverage, reduce benefits, increase fees, or out right drop you from medical care.
Be advised I provided links from all across the spectrum to mitigate a perception of "bias" by those who are hypersensitive.
The under publicized caveat is that Ryan's plan only guarantees a voucher, it doesn't guarantee that people will receive medical treatment. In other words, you'll have some money to buy private insurance, but nothing says that an insurance company cannot deny coverage, reduce benefits, increase fees, or out right drop you from medical care.
I don't have a problem with this.We can't pay that anymore, a welfare state reform is necessary.I'm a young student, and I don't want to pay much higher taxes to pay Medicare.And we need an Education Reform too, we lack doctors and scientists, and too many underskilled people.
Better skilled people = less burdensome Medicare.
So I guess the Repugs think people are going to pay the long term nursing home fees of 8-10k per month in cash??. really, what world are they living in.
I don't have a problem with this.We can't pay that anymore, a welfare state reform is necessary.I'm a young student, and I don't want to pay much higher taxes to pay Medicare.And we need an Education Reform too, we lack doctors and scientists, and too many underskilled people.
Better skilled people = less burdensome Medicare.
OK.
Now, have you read any of the links?
The bulk of Ryan's plan doesn't kick in until 2021. That's 10 years from now.
Why should my children and I work and pay income taxes, SS taxes, Medicare taxes for an additional 10 years when we are going to get less than those who are 55 and over today?
OP, try to understand what is really propsed, it is not to abolish medicare, it is to reajust and give seniors a better choise. I stopped as soon as I saw Moveover.com. What a disgraceful media outlet they are.
We have to find ways to get the younger people OFF of medicare and get them to fund themselves in THEIR future.
Liberals need to stop the lying!!!
This will NOT effect anyone who is on medicare or who is 55 or older.
We must find ways to get the younger people to pay for their own needs.
If we start this now the younger people will be fine.
People need to take responsibility for themselves and the reps are of course getting people to do just that.
Liberals of course want to reward people for never doing anything right.
Move on dot what?
Give me a break. The liberal loon network is sending out this BS and the robots are repeating it. Amazing.
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