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In reply to the discussion: It's not 3 dimensional chess. It's a kick to the gut. [View all]SwampG8r
(10,287 posts)poor bastard who drags him self to work every day and is just about ready to start collecting his ss now?
the guy who worked for 50+ years and every week the govt took a portion of his pay with the promise to repay when his time came?his time approaches and he will not have the privledge of socking away a pile to tide him over.
he was told he would be taken care of with every paycheck he earned.
so good for you but we are not talking about you specificly we are discussing people who have paid all their lives and now will be told "no...sorry....none for you... get along now"
and where will it stop?
if he can live on less money maybe he wont need so much medicine?
ss and medicare pair up at a certain point in your life and once we cut ss ,then the knives turn to medicare
this is bad stuff mainly because i know from my own life that once you "put something on the table" its always on the table
until its consumed