And Medicare is a worse income re-distribution mechanism, you pay in based on your income (no cap) and take out based on your medical bills. Obamacare also imposed expands the Medicare tax on individuals making over $200K and married couples amking over $250K.
What you pay for Medicare won’t cover your costs
WASHINGTON — You paid your Medicare taxes all those years and think you deserve your money’s worth: full benefits after you retire.
Nearly three out of five people say in a recent Associated Press-GfK poll that they paid into the system so their benefits shouldn’t be cut.
http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2010/12/31/business/530229.txt
most everyone’s addicted to their entitlement.