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The whole idea of cutting 2% out of medicare giving us a phony tax break was to destroy Medicare which was set up as a separate part of govt. paid separately by capitalism.

This is not who these people are! They are socialists! They want everything paid for by govt.

When medicare collapses they simply let the govt. take it over and then rule even more over their serfs. One way to do that is incrementally destroy all the things that capitalism(people pouring their own money into a quasi govt. fund) has built up like Medicare.

Slick. And it polls well.

Yep, rodguy911. Too many people have no idea what they are paying when it comes to taxes....just see the bottom line on their net take-home.

The whole idea of cutting 2% out of medicare giving us a phony tax break was to destroy Medicare which was set up as a separate part of govt. paid separately by capitalism.

Au contraire. Medicare was never self-sufficient nor will it ever be. For example, the premiums paid to fund Part B (and Part D) only cover 25 percent of the costs. The other 75% must come from the General Fund, which is why eventually Medicare will consume the entire federal budget unless it is reformed. Medicare Part A has been in the red since 2008, i.e., it is paying out more in benefits than it is taking in through the payroll tax. Its trust fund (IOUs) will be exhausted in 2020 or so and the only reason that has been extended was because of the Obamacare cut in Medicare funding.