Millions of senior citizens are smart enough to know that the federal government is broke, and the outrageously expensive programs put in by the vote-buyers in D.C. will not go on much longer.
If Axleface sees that Ryan’s plan is indeed favored by the powerful senior voters, we can expect The First Dictator to show up with Paul Ryan’s “Path to Prosperity” book.....only they’ll have stuck a label over the title to read: “Obama’s Path to Prosperity.” It’s not only a party of thieves and liars, but a bunch of plagiarists, as well.
Medicare has an unfunded liability of $36 trillion over the next 75 years, or about $317,000 per U.S. household, and in just the next 5 years, by 2013, Medicare’s unfunded liability is projected to grow by 33 percent, to $48 trillion – or about $412,402 per household.
When Social Security and Medicare are taken together, the total unfunded liability is $40 trillion, or about $353,000 per household. By 2013, that total will grow to $54 trillion, or $474,077 per household.
When we can’t afford the public health plan we have already, does it make sense to expand it? That’s exactly what the Democrats want to do with their health care overhaul. The public option by another name is just “Medicare for All.”
Politicians lied to us about the “Social Security Trust Fund.” They spent our money and the system cannot and will not deliver on it’s future promises.
In 1966, Medicare cost $3 billion. The House Ways and Means Committee, along with Lyndon Johnson’s administration, projected that Medicare would cost $12 billion, adjusted for inflation, by 1990. In 1990, Medicare costs were over $107 billion. That’s nine times Congress’ projections. That’s only 900% off! (Close enough for government work.) Medicare now costs over $400 billion and is heading towards bankruptcy. At least the “Ryan Plan” moves us in the right direction.
Nice post.
I see Axelrod as a kind of a reverse Clark Kent (/snix). Observe Axelrod on tv. I just love it when Axelrod goes before the cameras----faking that wide-eyed, puppy dog expression of his----trying so hard to look "harmless."
Man, he's good---I almost want to give him a dog biscuit.
Axelrod is like a reverse Clark Kent, the guy who morphs into Superman. In real life, Axelrod is a driven, demonic, power-mad Obama fixer who goes into the nearest telephone booth before a tv appearance to put on his disguise. He comes out as a mild-mannered spokesman, anxious to show America he wouldn't hurt a fly. ROTFL.