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**soydaykam** · 01-29-2012, 05:23 PM

why do you assume that SS and medicare are doomed to bankruptsy? With some fairly minor changes they can be saved for both the old and the young.

SS---make SS taxes applicable to all income not just the first 110K---SS is viable, fixed

Medicare---eliminate the fraud and waste, limit drug patents to 1 year, stop giving free care to illegals---medicare fixed for many years.

The SS change would certainly help.. Even though there will be resistance to it... Because "THEY PAID!!! OMG!!! THEY PAID!!!! THEY'RE OWED!!!"

Etc..

Medical costs keep rising with no end in sight, and this is a boom that goes on for decades and decades..

01-29-2012, 05:23 PM	#29
soydaykam Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 523 Senior Member	why do you assume that SS and medicare are doomed to bankruptsy? With some fairly minor changes they can be saved for both the old and the young. SS---make SS taxes applicable to all income not just the first 110K---SS is viable, fixed Medicare---eliminate the fraud and waste, limit drug patents to 1 year, stop giving free care to illegals---medicare fixed for many years. The SS change would certainly help.. Even though there will be resistance to it... Because "THEY PAID!!! OMG!!! THEY PAID!!!! THEY'RE OWED!!!" Etc.. Medical costs keep rising with no end in sight, and this is a boom that goes on for decades and decades..
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