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Please share this...so many people's futures depend on this being defeated, and I don't trust any rethug senators.
https://thinkprogress.org/the-republican-medicare-plan-is-an-atrocity-315e16ebbe0f#.anx33yarx
Ian Millhiser
Justice Editor, ThinkProgress. Skeptic of the Supreme Court, hater of Samuel Alito, constitutional lawyer of ill repute.
5 hrs ago
The Republican Medicare plan is an atrocity
It only takes three Republican senators to stop it.
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So, to summarize, Republicans plan to charge seniors a lot more for inferior health coverage. They will do so in a way that will jack up the total cost of care in the United States. And they could potentially cause Americas historic commitment to seniors health care to slowly vanish over the course of many years.
The architect of this plan is a man so drunk on conservative ideology that he often does not even bother to check the math underlying his proposals or even to include numbers in his proposals so others can do so. And Republicans will soon control both houses of Congress and the presidency.
The future of Medicare looks grim.
Stuart G
(38,403 posts)Just because there is a proposal, it still needs to get thru the Senate..and we will see. We ain't there yet...but we will be, soon enough...
babylonsister
(171,029 posts)heads in both parties prevail. This would be a disaster. For a supposedly smart man, Ryan isn't (nor has he ever) impressing me.
Stuart G
(38,403 posts)and........you are also correct on Ryan..he really isn't that smart.. I read a story about him once, that he tried to lie about finishing a marathon in a very short time..(much shorter than someone in his condition could have possibly completed it) He had made up the time to impress a few people. Got caught almost immediately...there was a strong discussion in Runner's World..about his .."fake time" and how he could not have done it that fast....He later admitted he made it up...
He is a lying stupid jerk........apologies to all jerks out there, for the comparison...
babylonsister
(171,029 posts)Paul Ryan Busted For Staged Photo-Op At Soup Kitchen Where He Pretended To Wash Dishes
Henry Blodget
Oct. 15, 2012, 6:40 PM 88,664
Another man without a compass. He just wants to brag about something he's actually accomplished, screw everyone else. No, not very smart at all.
WhiteTara
(29,692 posts)CousinIT
(9,217 posts)WhiteTara
(29,692 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Many of the same people who voted for Trump will of course be badly hurt by GOP policies. Now that the GOP will be in charge, one wonders how the GOP will blame the Democrats when GOP policies cause hurt to voters.
Liberal In Texas
(13,526 posts)It's one of the things that works so well. I can't imagine having to find private insurance with one of Ryan's coupons.
Trump voters on Medicare are in for a rude awakening.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)Makes every one of his staff read "Atlas Shrugged." How he can be a catholic and an Ayn Rander is a mystery to me. But you can never accuse a republican of being uhhhhh logical.
meow2u3
(24,757 posts)"Ayn Rander" is as euphemistic as "alt right." It just serves to hide the virulent evil both entities espouse--and "crypto-Satanist" is bound to get under Lyin' Ryan's skin.
book_worm
(15,951 posts)like this. Seniors vote and they will vote in large numbers if the GOP tries to tamper with MC and Social Security.
lou ky dem
(70 posts)Last edited Tue Nov 15, 2016, 11:27 PM - Edit history (2)
Post this to your facebook and twitter. Every move they make post it. I live in KY and my friends list is full of Trump supporters they are all so misinformed they only listen to Fox and really don't know how government is run. So ever since Wed. of last week when I find info that will affect them personally I post Stay informed with the links.
Solly Mack
(90,758 posts)Jim__
(14,058 posts)Remember the town halls after Obamacare passed? The Democrats need to work on something like that.
Tanuki
(14,913 posts)Nope, the CEO posted congratulations and a pledge to work with the new administration, and is getting reamed for it in the comments. I am very heartened by the comments, which as far down as I read were unanimous in denouncing the GOP Social Security and Medicare agenda:
http://www.aarp.org/politics-society/government-elections/info-2016/congratulations-to-new-president-jj.html?intcmp=AE-HP-WFY1
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)Why would the people go for this cutting of benefit?
I don't get it. Who wins?
AirmensMom
(14,637 posts)I live in a very red state. The churches here obviously preach politics from the pulpit and have taught their sheep that Democrats go to hell. Mostly for abortion and gay marriage. They simply don't pay attention to anything else.
If something bad does happen, like SS or Medicare getting gutted, they'll blame "government," and then vote Republican again. After all, the Democrats run the government. (Did I accuse them of being logical?) It's frustrating. And the biggest problem is that they reproduce and they vote.
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)Is ignorance. We need a 50-state strategy of actually talking with people and re-educating them. IMO.
AirmensMom
(14,637 posts)And what I was trying to say, apparently not too succinctly, is that they vote in spite of their ignorance and keep popping out the next generation of ignorant voters while Democrats stay home.
Good luck trying to re-educate these yahoos. They are "born again Christians" and nothing will move them. If you try to talk to them about issues, they "don't want to talk about it." And the church signs say shit like, "God will bless America when we put him first."
I've lived here for over 10 years and it's frustrating.
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)Religion has a way implanting ideology that can't be changed. When political views are mixed in with religious ones, now we have impenetrable bricks. I get that. I guess divided we stand without even being able to be kind to one another.