will the world really end if we just eliminate medicare and social security? there, that problem fixed USA back in good fiscal order usd looking good sawbuck as good as gold
why don't we just kill anyone close to retirement age without enough savings to live for the next 20 years and pay for medical insurance too. how much is a bullet? we can pass along whatever little the had to there children and give them an amount they need to have for retirement or we handle them like we did the parents.
hey man, I'm all for the compasionate use of wealth I don't want to see anybody hungry I think everybody should get food stamps, including Warren Buffet but don't talk about the USA like it is on the verge of collapse at anytime, anyday, we can restore fiscal sanity just by eliminating medicare we choose not to do that because we want to see just what the limits of compassion could be the point is, don't ever think the father is on the brink of insolvency because he gives all his money to his kids
The posts about the fed are spot on: They are only concerned with the banks and the rich people. Social security and medicare will end up like medicaid and welfare. When you have $2000 left, then you qualify
and that's the way it should be, and the way it always should have been. but because we have promised it to people for so long, when we take it away, it will be a huge boon to the USA if you have more than 2k, you really don't have much to complain about, do you?
Yes, this whole contrived plan is utterly despicable. Not only has it created a bond bubble, but most asset classes (commodities, equities included) have also formed a bubble. There is absolutely no correlation any more between the world economy and the value of these instruments. The implosion will happen. Maybe next week, next month, next year.....but when it happens, we will see implosion at a catastrophic level.
i was being sarcastic to you. you seem to be missing the point that most Americans need medicare at retirement. its like you are saying hey lets just cut out eating green apples its bigger than that. i don't think billionaires like buffet should get food stamps. lets agree to disagree.
I think everybody, not just USA citizens but everybody in the whole world should get food stamps, no matter how rich or poor you are. feeding the world is just small, it could be done today if not yesterday medicare and social security are another problem it pushes the edge of common economic sense
The net effect though is going to change the country, back to the way it was 100 years ago. There will be no need for wills, as most people will die destitute, and leave nothing to their heirs. Social services are all that separate us from third world status. This country was a shitty place to live until about 1910, dont believe the hype. Why bother building highways? Rich people can afford helicopters and $100K all terrain vehicles. Keep their tax rates low so they can just dominate the masses and have a vast slave pool. You wanna live in Mexico? Just wait 30 years, you won't have to move.