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2009-09-29 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-09-29 12:42|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Fact is we don't have money for social security and medicare. Fact is as the boomers retire it will get worse. Far worse.

The solution that Obamacare dares not speak, is to cull the herd. If the Elderly don't notice they are not paying attention.

Posted by rjschwarz 2009-09-29 13:14|| 2009-09-29 13:14|| Front Page Top

#2 If the Elderly don't notice they are not paying attention.

My mother just turned 85. She has convinced herself that if Obamacare passes, and should she need medical attention, she will be among the first to be 'ignored', so to speak.

Sad. This is a woman who has twice in her lifetime heard the words, "Please accept this flag on behalf of a grateful nation".

Posted by Woozle Uneter9007 2009-09-29 13:29|| 2009-09-29 13:29|| Front Page Top

#3 I guess they want the govt to keep its hands off medicare.

Posted by liberalhawk 2009-09-29 15:11|| 2009-09-29 15:11|| Front Page Top

#4 During 2007, the Republicans made an effort to make some of the same cuts as the Dems are looking at in 2009.

Back then, the Dems succeeded in mobilizing the elderly to attack the cuts.

This is basically a economic political policy version of blowback.

Posted by lord garth 2009-09-29 15:16|| 2009-09-29 15:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Sounds like your Mama is one smart cookie, Woozle.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-09-29 15:40|| 2009-09-29 15:40|| Front Page Top

#6 I think many of the elderly in this country are quite aware of the assaults on Medicare by both sides over the years. It does become somewhat compounded and perhaps more frightening to some when close associates of the president such as Dr. Ezekial Emanuel (sometimes known as the president's rationing czar) weighs in with statements that we Americans have too much health care.

In addition to cutting spending, he would advocate redefining the duty of physicians; instead of focusing solely on a patient's needs, they must consider the greater good of society.

The elderly in this country (including my 85 year old mother) don't need a roadmap to figure out what that means.

Posted by Woozle Uneter9007 2009-09-29 16:36|| 2009-09-29 16:36|| Front Page Top

#7 I am 70 and I don't trust anything about this crowd in Washington. I don't trust them to tell the truth and I don't trust them with the country. I'm with your 85 year old mother Woozle Uneter9007. Thank your mother for her sacrifice for the country--she paid a dear price.

Posted by JohnQC 2009-09-29 17:17|| 2009-09-29 17:17|| Front Page Top

#8 The "greatest" generation is just about paid off. It's time to recognize that Medicare has been a disaster and is at the root of much of our medical cost problems. Both Medicare and Social Security are Ponzi schemes worthy of Madoff and should be phased out as soon as possible. Otherwise they will destroy our country. And they are far more likely to succeed than Iran.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2009-09-29 17:33|| 2009-09-29 17:33|| Front Page Top

#9 ObamaCare for the elderly:

Posted by DMFD 2009-09-29 22:17|| 2009-09-29 22:17|| Front Page Top

#10 I guess they want the govt to keep its hands off medicare.

It's the old hard decision of "do you want to drown with the water rising up to your head, or getting thrown in with cement shoes on?"

Either way, you lose. Just one is less dramatic than the other.

Posted by Pappy 2009-09-29 22:26|| 2009-09-29 22:26|| Front Page Top

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