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I know I make more than my neurologist. And work less too.
But, he isn't full of mud and drilling fluids at the end of the day...
So you drill holes by day and play your neurologist's accountant at night? How'd you know you make more than your neurologist? Maybe you just take yourself too seriously.
The social security system has been set up like this from day one. And people are forced to pay into these programs. And they were promised to get benefits. That was governments choice. Not theirs.
The Tea Party started in 2007. It was in response to the runaway spending of the Bush Administation. Bush was white. Maybe they feared a white man in office?
And they aren't protesting existing programs. They are protesting NEW taxes and NEW programs.
Class Dismissed.
Not protesting existing programs? You mean the existing socialist programs they benefit from? Can you spell "hypocrisy"?
So you drill holes by day and play your neurologist's accountant at night? How'd you know you make more than your neurologist? Maybe you just take yourself too seriously.
That's funny, the people around here say they've been organizing for almost 10 years.
Not to mention, Mr. Santelli didn't opt to blow his lid until early 2009 when the mortgage modification program was being started/announced.
So all their talk about cutting spending is just hot air, then?
Furthermore, does that mean that they'll be giving back their Medicare Part D benefits, since they didn't want them? They certainly didn't pay for them.
They didn't pay for these programs, they paid into them. See the difference?
Their grandkids are most certainly paying their benefits currently. Current retirees' money paid for the people in these programs in the past, did it not? For example: Medicare didn't start until 1965. Whose money do you think paid for the first few years of benefits? People currently working, or the people already retired?
Also, anyone who was old enough to be working prior to 1965 didn't pay into Medicare for 100% of their working lives, now did they? Should their Medicare benefits be reduced by a % based on the # of years they didn't contribute prior to Medicare's inception? Or should they just be satisfied they met the "10-year requirement" and continue to draw out far more than they put in?
That's probably a good thing.
10 years ago? Well there's even more proof it's not about race. The president was a white guy 10 years ago.
The Tea Party started in 2007 in response to Bush spending. Medicare part d was part of that.
People paid into social security and govt promised they would pay it back at retirement. People have no choice but to pay into it. They have every hold the govt accountable on pay day.
And if you remember it wasn't long ago that republicans, presumably some TP members in there, tried to allow people to opt out of social security. But the Libs blocked it. If you are going to force people to pay into the system then they have every right to demand it back as promised.
Anyway, you're arguments are nonsensical. The Tea Party people are not upset about social security or medicare. They are upset about NEW programs and NEW taxes. This nonsense about social security and medicare have nothing to do with TP people.
Explains perfectly why the liberals are so threatened by them and have been aggressively trying to portray them as "racist KKK rednecks" or whatever the code word for them is this week.
It'll be interesting to see what racist signs the liberals will create for the media tomorrow when they try to crash the Tea Party April 15 demonstrations.
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