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CountAllVotes

(20,868 posts)
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 12:13 PM Mar 2020

dump wants to rob Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid

What better way is there to do than to remove people from these programs that the elderly and the disabled depend on other than not providing what this high-risk population requires to remain alive, simple things like face masks and hand sanitizers. By not having them available to the population at large on what seems to be almost purposeful, is a heinous crime, aka genocide IMO.

The death rate is close to 20% for those over 80 years. My husband is 83.

I don't know what the death rate is for those will compromised/altered immune systems as no one seems to know or if they do know they won't tell me. I have multiple sclerosis and my immune system is a damn mess, I know that much. I never know what to expect. Even with the very best of care, I could live to see 70 if COVID-19 or something else, including the disease itself, doesn't squelch me first.

Both of us receive Social Security and are over the age of 60.

By riding both of us from Social Security and Medicare (we do not qualify for Medicaid as we have more than $2,000 in a savings account at the bank) they would save upwards of $40,000+ on us annually. My husband is a disabled veteran and receives a paltry $400/mo. from Social Security; nothing from the VA despite the fact that he is a Vietnam Era veteran that was drafted into the U.S. Army at the age of 23 and is almost deaf from living in a tank for almost three years firing off rounds of ammunition and has PTSD and screams in his sleep at night which has been going on for years. It has become so bad as he has aged, that I can no longer sleep in the same room with him because it is so disruptive not only for him, but for me as well. As for the VA, they offer him no assistance and blame his state of being on his age!

I receive SSDI (Social Security Disability Insurance which is NOT the same thing as SSI, aka Supplemental Security Income (regulated by the State you live in) as you must work and pay into Social Security Disability for years before you are eligible to receive anything from it and that is if you are able to get it at all; it can take years if ever!).

When and if I reach 66+, my SSDI automatically becomes Social Security (SSA). I paid into the system for many years before I became too sick to work and receive less than $1000 a mo. This is a typical story from many disabled women of my age group that worked one too many minimum wage jobs for too many years of their lives.

We barely scrape by month-to-month after the $144 X 2 is deducted from our checks for Medicare B. This is money that we both worked for for many years to receive, it is not a handout nor to I consider it to be an "entitlement".

My husband gets very little as he was never properly paid most of his working life and like me, worked minimum wage jobs for many years. One of the worst jobs he had was working for the Salvation Army which paid $4.25/hr. and these low-life SOBs do not pay into Social Security as they are "exempt" due to their status as a "charitable" organization or some such bullshit. This is one reason he receives so little from Social Security -- too many "organizations" like this. Do not give the Salvation Army a nickel, they do not deserve a damn thing IMO!

If they are able to successfully be rid of us, and I am certain there are many many others in this same situation as we are, the government will save a lot, which I believe is THE PLAN, aka, "The Art of the Deal" so to speak.



If we both die I hope that someone will please rescue our three beloved cats! At this point in my life, that is all I really care about other than my fellow human beings out there.

Thank you for reading this, it took a lot of effort but it is early in the day still when my energy level is at its best and the pain level its lowest.

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dump wants to rob Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid (Original Post) CountAllVotes Mar 2020 OP
Kickin' with disgust! Faux pas Mar 2020 #1
You are so right! CountAllVotes Mar 2020 #4
I'm so sorry Faux pas Mar 2020 #5
that's evidence that he is the stupidest man on the planet. demigoddess Mar 2020 #2
I'm sure the rethugs are taking that into their calculations captain queeg Mar 2020 #3

CountAllVotes

(20,868 posts)
4. You are so right!
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 01:01 PM
Mar 2020

Some of my friends and I were asking God to help us all last night.

These are friends from Ireland, the place my husband is from (this is one of the reasons he never earned much, he knows all about No Irish Need Apply believe me, something he has often been a victim of since his arrival to the United States in 1955).

May God help all of us despite how you may or may not believe a yes, there absolutely is a force much larger than we are. We must tap into this source and literally beg for help at this point! We must hope that COV2 is thwarted from our world at once!

Worrying about when I may be able to get to the store again is a big worry. All of these worries and stressors are going to finish off many people that cannot deal with the awful situations they will inevitably face or may be already facing.

As for the grocery store, we cannot afford to have food delivered. I shop at discounted food stores like the Grocery Outlet that have short pull dates on much of the food they sell.
Because my husband is as old as he is, he does not accompany me when I must go out as I I figure his risk is higher than mine because of his age. I wish I knew. Does anyone know?



Faux pas

(14,667 posts)
5. I'm so sorry
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 03:49 PM
Mar 2020

for all your troubles CountAllVotes, the "golden years" shouldn't be rusty.

I send all my vibes out to the universe, most times it works I breathe in all the positve and exhale the negative.

Peace Love and Joy to you and your's

captain queeg

(10,171 posts)
3. I'm sure the rethugs are taking that into their calculations
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 12:52 PM
Mar 2020

Looking beyond the money they’d save by lots of old people dying they’ll claim the coming recession needs to be dealt with by reductions in “entitlements” their term for SS and Medicare. Oh, and more tax cuts for the wealthy of course.

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