Re: Are you kidding me? Originally Posted by WORKINGWOMANINTN 
Pure & simple... the Feds have gotten WAY too intrusive. The Health Care cost reform debate has just underlined what (for some) was a vague uneasiness. It has escalated for decades, well beyond what it needs to.
Imagine -- we don't even bat an eye to pay the government money when we earn money (i.e. - income tax). We just think it's a 'natural' thing to do.
And the Federal Reserve kinda does their own thing, and we just ASSUME they're doing the right thing. Wake up, darlings!
How many tax payers are paying into the current Medicare program, for one person to receive a dime from it? You might also consider the number paying into Social Security, for one person to receive those benefits, before jumping on the train to add another under funded government program. It may have a set cost cutting from a few principle players now (those that made a deal undercover with the Whitehouse), but it will be the tax payers that wind up funding the shortfalls when the set cuts from those players run out.
Here's a look at the history of Social Security:
1940: 35,390 Payers, 222 Beneficiaries, = 159.4 Ratio
2006: 161,852 Payers, 48,863 Beneficiaries, = 3.3 Ratio
Now, Take the same scenario into account for healthcare.
If the intrusive nature of the bill doesn't bother you, maybe the math will.
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