Poll: 70% Of Tea Partiers Oppose Cuts To Medicare, Medicaid

[momonkey]

Originally Posted by TempesT68

Ryan even got booed for it at a teabagger meeting recently. Hopefully their base (the elderly) get the clue that the tea party wants to destroy their medicare and other benefits at all costs.

"The $638 billion in cuts, followed by more than $1.5 trillion in cuts in the seven years to follow (according to the CBO) -- for a total of $2.2 trillion in cuts to Medicare and related federal programs by that point (according to the CBO) -- would have real-world effects on the quality of care."

Read more at the Washington Examiner: Obamacare's Medicare cuts in the New Year | Jeffrey H. Anderson | Beltway Confidential | Washington Examiner (http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/01/obamacares-medicare-cuts-new-year#ixzz1KhZbdLIZ - broken link)

[FargoBison]

Originally Posted by momonkey

What?

Are you denying Obamacare "guts" Medicare?


"Altogether, ObamaCare cuts $818 billion from Medicare Part A (hospital insurance) from 2014-2023, the first 10 years of its full implementation, and $3.2 trillion over the first 20 years, 2014-2033. Adding in ObamaCare cuts for Medicare Part B (physicians fees and other services) brings the total cut to $1.05 trillion over the first 10 years and $4.95 trillion over the first 20 years."

Peter Ferrara and Larry Hunter: How ObamaCare Guts Medicare - WSJ.com

The Doc Fix took care of the cuts in physicians fees/service, it was only in the original bill to make things look better from a deficit perspective...

CBO confirms: ObamaCare with “doctor fix” will actually add billions to the deficit « Hot Air

[hilgi]

Originally Posted by Savoir Faire

Finally, some sanity comes out of the tea party.

Poll: 70% Of Tea Partiers Oppose Cuts To Medicare, Medicaid | TPMDC

I don't equate wanting entitlements for yourself and not others as sanity. I have said it all along. we all must be willing to give up our collective benefits if we want others to give up theirs.

This just shows me even more that the left/right battle is a sham and we are all being played.

[momonkey]

Originally Posted by AeroGuyDC

No one has woken up from a slumber. No one is now seeing the light. Fiscal Conservatives are about reducing the size and scope of the Federal Government in totality. Though entitlements are a large chunk of the pie, it's not the singular driver of concern. This government is far too bloated in every single aspect, and that's what we as fiscal conservatives would like to correct.

The top issue is all spending for all groups poled except Democrats. 43% of Democrats list deficit spending as their top concern with only 11% willing to shut down the government to prevent increased deficit spending. In contrast, 57% of all voters list reducing the deficit over cutting taxes or maintaining current services.

Having robbed Medicare of future trillions under Obamacare, Democrats have crassly moved on to buy more votes with their ill-gotten gain. I give them credit for knowing their base doesn't care where the free benefits come from as long as someone else is paying. The state run media won't mention the glaring dishonesty of Democrats accusing Republicans of throwing granny out of the hospital after Democrats have looted the Medicare program to fund their next Ponzi scheme.

Heaven forbid Republicans propose an alternative to forced participation in programs which are in every case pillaged by Congress. Those who paid into Medicare against their will may very well end up being defrauded to one degree or another, but perhaps younger workers can opt out and keep their money safe from the Congressional thieves who have given themselves final say on whether or not decades-long promises are actually kept.