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The hypocrisy of so many seniors and the Tea Party base calling for less government spending. Even Ted Nugent in one of his rants called out seniors and Medicare spending. The Tea Party seniors are collecting an average of $25,455 from the government while we spend $3,822 on children annually. Guess which group votes and want to get rid of the ACA for young people. Heres the text of Mahers comments. Go ahead shoot the messenger and forget about the message.
The biggest costs of the national budget are SS (elderly boomers) Medicare (elderly boomers) and defense.
Your wrong on elderly boomers and Medicare since the oldest boomers only went on Medicare in 2011 and most Medicare spending is for those over 70. Medicare will have to be rationed at some point. As an example my neighbor at 83 went in for open heart surgery and developed an infection then went into intensive care and died. The total bill will probably be close to $100,000. This happens all the time with $50-$100 billion spent on peoples last month of life.
Your wrong on elderly boomers and Medicare since the oldest boomers only went on Medicare in 2011 and most Medicare spending is for those over 70. Medicare will have to be rationed at some point. As an example my neighbor at 83 went in for open heart surgery and developed an infection then went into intensive care and died. The total bill will probably be close to $100,000. This happens all the time with $50-$100 billion spent on peoples last month of life.
What does any of that have to do with the fact that our three biggest budgetary expenditures are SS, Medicare, and defense?
Which demographic took the richest nation in earth and transformed it into one with $17,000,000,000,000 of debt?
While deficit spending didn't start under Pres. Obama, it was under his rule that the truly behemoth deficit spending took hold. Obama has already added more to the national debt than any other prez, and he still has almost three years left in office. National debt up $6 trillion since Obama took office - CBS News
And which demographic put Obama into office? It all started at the 2008 Iowa caucus, where Obama won by a stunning GOTV effort. Turnout was nearly doubled from 2004. And many of the new participants were under 25: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/04/us...anted=all&_r=0
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There was a sharp generational break in support of the two candidates. Mr. Obama was backed by 60 percent of voters under 25 while Mrs. Clinton was supported by about 45 percent of voters over 65.
The survey of Democrats entering the caucus sites found that more than half said they were attending their first caucus — and they divided with about 40 percent for Mr. Obama and about 30 percent for Mrs. Clinton.
Your wrong on elderly boomers and Medicare since the oldest boomers only went on Medicare in 2011 and most Medicare spending is for those over 70. Medicare will have to be rationed at some point. As an example my neighbor at 83 went in for open heart surgery and developed an infection then went into intensive care and died. The total bill will probably be close to $100,000. This happens all the time with $50-$100 billion spent on peoples last month of life.
Thank you! Society isn't spending the majority of their money on Boomers - YET.
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