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Social Security won't be there when you retire because the government - BOTH parties - won't keep their hands OUT of that fund! They keep "borrowing" from it to feed other government black holes of spending.
So the problem with Social Security is not that it doesn't work, it is that our politicians won't LET it work and leave ALONE all the money that goes into it to fund it.
Medicare is for senior citizens. My mother has had some serious health problems the last several months. If it were not for Medicare, for which she DOES pay premiums - and a supplemental insurance she also pays for - she would not have been able to get the care she needed because there is no way she could have afforded it.
I guess we should just let all of our senior citizens fend for themselves when it comes to health care? You will be old someday - think about it ...
What makes you think politicians won't keep their hands out of the till with healthcare?? As for Medicare, I just told you, I will be fending for myself in old age whether I like it or not! But don't worry, as an old school American, I'll find a way and thrive-- without the government's help.
Leave well enough alone!
"Leave well enough alone" ... interesting choice of words.
I'm sure you will do your best to take care of yourself, even be able to 'thrive' on a fixed income when you are too old or disabled to work.
I guess for you, as long as YOU are ok, there is no concern for whether or not anyone else is 'ok'.
There is nothing else to say to you on this subject since you have no 'community' concern and you will not care about anyone but yourself ....
Since when did Government equate "Charitiable Organization ala United Way" for you??
The government does a horrible job at it.
You live in a dream world where you want Mommy Government to take care of you from the womb to the tomb.
You're completely missing the entire reasoning behind the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.
I think that it is you that are missing what the proper reasoning is.
Also, since so many 'conservatives' insist that America is a "Christian" nation, it would seem that America and Americans would apply those "Christian" principles - what Jesus taught - to taking care of one another.
Hmmm???
Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's.
There's a difference.
"What makes you think politicians won't keep their hands out of the till with healthcare?? "
What makes you think they are now?