Re: How Does the New Health Care Reform Bill Affect Your Business ???

[mleuck <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Nov 10, 6:53=A0pm, JoeRaisin <joeraisin2...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> mleuck wrote:
> > On Nov 10, 1:09 am, "Robert L Bass" <Sa...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
>
> >> The Repugnant party fought against Social Security and Medicare when t=
hey were
> >> first being considered. =A0
>
> > Hardly, if it was anything like Civil Rights it was Republicans who
> > got them through
>
> >> Under Bush II they tried unsuccessfully to gut Social
> >> Security,
>
> > No he tried privatizing it, and your party stalled it leaving it still
> > going broke in a few years
>
> I don't think privatizing is the best way to go with a 'safety net.' =A0W=
e
> could end up needing a safety net for the safety net.
>
> IMHO, the way to fix it would be to forbid any use of the funds for
> anything other than benefit payments, increase the cap on contributions
> (heh - 'contributions' my ass, it's a tax) and means test benefits.

No the only real fix is to eliminate the program, the programs are
unsustainable

> Instead, all we hear about is raising the qualifying age. =A0What a
> friggin load of crap that is...

But if you are going to do something why not raise the qualifying age?
The average lifespan when Social Security began was between 45 and 50,
it's now almost 70, if you don't raise the qualifying age you are
doing nothing more than putting the program into debt even faster