Yes, but those taxes have to go into other things. Do Americans not understand they have to be self-sufficient? Living off Welfare and Medicare dont exactly do anything for the country.[QUOTE="Nibroc420"][QUOTE="Ninja-Hippo"]If that's his attitude, why should she pay tax? :| That's what i don't get about a lot of Republicans who seem to think the government owes you nothing. That individual has presumably paid taxes all of their working life seeing as they are now retired, no? GabuEx
Medicare primarily covers the elderly, whose medical costs are sufficiently high in the aggregate that it would be unprofitable for private insurance companies to cover them.
It's worth it to alot of people and changes lots of lives. I know veterans and old guys who have lived well past there expiration date.
They do take heavy amounts of pills received from VA, medicare, and medicaid: But atleast they're happy all the time and functioning :]
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