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This is a very good move on Trump's part. Here's why. I recently became eligible for Medicare, and so am forced to be on it. I've had two medical procedures that required use of expensive state-of-the-art equipment and doctors. These were laser eye surgery and MRI guided cancer biopsy. The total bills for these procedures were both in the range of 3 to 4 thousand dollars each. Medicare paid around $100 for each procedure. The providers were required by Medicare law to accept that amount IN FULL.

This, of course, didn't even cover the cost of the receptionist and waiting room, much less the specialist doctors and medical equipment. Who, then, paid the true cost?

Of course, it is YOU who are not on Medicare. I did, of course, pay my share of expenses for others during my more than half century of Social Security and Medicare deductions from my pay checks. But that was when about 20 of us were paying for each recipient. Now that it's down to two or three of YOU, it's simply not fair to add the costs of medical drugs as well.

Of course, it is YOU who are not on Medicare. I did, of course, pay my share of expenses for others during my more than half century of Social Security and Medicare deductions from my pay checks. But that was when about 20 of us were paying for each recipient. Now that it’s down to two or three of YOU, it’s simply not fair to add the costs of medical drugs as well.

In the same way we are beneficiaries of all the Social Security payments our parents received. Because that money was there, I did receive a small inheritance that would not have been there.

Also, which I would have done if needed, I did not have to financially support my parents.

Not all things in life are financial. But, I am trying to be honest here, we do receive some benefits from all the government spending we detest.

It is not that we as conservatives don’t want a safety net, it is that the safety net has a lot of mission creep.

USSR had only one safety net, a small pension. (for the little people)