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Re: The Grand New Party
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Originally Posted by The Goat
I don't know if your comments on SS and Medicare are serious? I mean what we get is an older population, my very old grandparents included, who can eat and keep a roof over their head. If to you that is worth nothing there's not a lot of room for conversation here...we're coming from vastly different value systems.
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You said we got nothing from SDI. If you read the article, which based on your post you didn't, there are very tangible things that have come from SDI spending. SS and Medicare are entitlement programs that provide for people's well being, but leave nothing tangible. SS and Medicare have morphed greatly from what FDR originally intended. As far as your grandparents they absolutely deserve their SS & Medicare as I'm sure they paid into the programs for years. However both programs are going to need drastic overhauls real quick or we are looking at higher rates, less benefits, or insolvency of the program altogether.
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