After reading an article on the changes to the Health Care Bill, I am somewhat befuddled over the terminology. Government funded = People funded. Do our legislators not realize that it is the people's money, taxes deducted from each and every paycheck? This is not a monopoly game and these funds do not belong to the legislators to do as they see fit.
If Medicare is not working, then someone lied to the people when it was enacted.
If Social Security is not working, then someone lied to the people when it was enacted.
Yet, both taxes are still being deducted and placed in the coffers. Both programs are still functional. These two taxes were designated taxes - not general income tax to be used for general operations of our country's government.
During the early 60s we studied the Social Security System in a U. S. Government class. As students we were told Social Security would be broke by the time we retired. The same story is told today, over 40 years later.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
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