H the K wrote:
....for the righties who oppose the so-called public option:

Which of you will be or are depending upon Medicare or the VA or similar
publicly funded programs to pay for your health care after retirement?


None of your frikkin business WAFA.

"H the K" wrote in message
m...
...for the righties who oppose the so-called public option:

Which of you will be or are depending upon Medicare or the VA or similar
publicly funded programs to pay for your health care after retirement?



Those on Medicare paid in a lot of money during their working years. If
they had put money into an tax free plan, they could afford most any
insurance plan on the market. That approx 3% of every earned income dollar
adds up to a lot of dollars.

Calif Bill wrote:
"H the K" wrote in message
m...
...for the righties who oppose the so-called public option:

Which of you will be or are depending upon Medicare or the VA or similar
publicly funded programs to pay for your health care after retirement?



Those on Medicare paid in a lot of money during their working years. If
they had put money into an tax free plan, they could afford most any
insurance plan on the market. That approx 3% of every earned income dollar
adds up to a lot of dollars.



snerk

"H the K" wrote in message
m...
Calif Bill wrote:
"H the K" wrote in message
m...
...for the righties who oppose the so-called public option:

Which of you will be or are depending upon Medicare or the VA or similar
publicly funded programs to pay for your health care after retirement?



Those on Medicare paid in a lot of money during their working years. If
they had put money into an tax free plan, they could afford most any
insurance plan on the market. That approx 3% of every earned income
dollar adds up to a lot of dollars.

snerk

I see you have no answer again.

Calif Bill wrote:
"H the K" wrote in message
m...
Calif Bill wrote:
"H the K" wrote in message
m...
...for the righties who oppose the so-called public option:

Which of you will be or are depending upon Medicare or the VA or similar
publicly funded programs to pay for your health care after retirement?


Those on Medicare paid in a lot of money during their working years. If
they had put money into an tax free plan, they could afford most any
insurance plan on the market. That approx 3% of every earned income
dollar adds up to a lot of dollars.
snerk

I see you have no answer again.




When you righties come up with some naive bull**** as "the answer" to a
serious social problem, a "snerk" is more than you deserve.

On Aug 17, 2:10*pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
"H the K" wrote in messagenews:3qmdnYScyasc0xTXnZ2dnUVZ_t2dnZ2d@earth link.com...

...for the righties who oppose the so-called public option:

Which of you will be or are depending upon Medicare or the VA or similar
publicly funded programs to pay for your health care after retirement?

Those on Medicare paid in a lot of money during their working years. *If
they had put money into an tax free plan, they could afford most any
insurance plan on the market. *That approx 3% of every earned income dollar
adds up to a lot of dollars.

gee....what would have happened to all that money in the last 2 years
under our free market system?

hmmm...let me think...

On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:51:08 -0700 (PDT), wf3h
wrote:

On Aug 17, 2:10*pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
"H the K" wrote in messagenews:3qmdnYScyasc0xTXnZ2dnUVZ_t2dnZ2d@earth link.com...

...for the righties who oppose the so-called public option:

Which of you will be or are depending upon Medicare or the VA or similar
publicly funded programs to pay for your health care after retirement?

Those on Medicare paid in a lot of money during their working years. *If
they had put money into an tax free plan, they could afford most any
insurance plan on the market. *That approx 3% of every earned income dollar
adds up to a lot of dollars.

gee....what would have happened to all that money in the last 2 years
under our free market system?

hmmm...let me think...

It's always good to try something new.
--
John H

"Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant
that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it."
-- Thomas Sowell

wf3h wrote:
On Aug 17, 2:10 pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
"H the K" wrote in messagenews:3qmdnYScyasc0xTXnZ2dnUVZ_t2dnZ2d@earth link.com...

...for the righties who oppose the so-called public option:
Which of you will be or are depending upon Medicare or the VA or similar
publicly funded programs to pay for your health care after retirement?
Those on Medicare paid in a lot of money during their working years. If
they had put money into an tax free plan, they could afford most any
insurance plan on the market. That approx 3% of every earned income dollar
adds up to a lot of dollars.

gee....what would have happened to all that money in the last 2 years
under our free market system?

hmmm...let me think...


*I* didn't want to bring up the all too obvious.

"wf3h" wrote in message
...
On Aug 17, 2:10 pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
"H the K" wrote in
messagenews:3qmdnYScyasc0xTXnZ2dnUVZ_t2dnZ2d@earth link.com...

...for the righties who oppose the so-called public option:

Which of you will be or are depending upon Medicare or the VA or similar
publicly funded programs to pay for your health care after retirement?

Those on Medicare paid in a lot of money during their working years. If
they had put money into an tax free plan, they could afford most any
insurance plan on the market. That approx 3% of every earned income dollar
adds up to a lot of dollars.

gee....what would have happened to all that money in the last 2 years
under our free market system?

hmmm...let me think...

Well, my money is still up a lot over the last 10 years. Even with the
downturn.

wrote:
On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:10:26 -0700, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

"H the K" wrote in message
m...
...for the righties who oppose the so-called public option:

Which of you will be or are depending upon Medicare or the VA or similar
publicly funded programs to pay for your health care after retirement?


Those on Medicare paid in a lot of money during their working years. If
they had put money into an tax free plan, they could afford most any
insurance plan on the market. That approx 3% of every earned income dollar
adds up to a lot of dollars.



According to my SS statement my employer and I paid a tad over $12,000
each between 1966 and 1996. (~$24,000 total).
SS was a bit over $100,000 total.
I suppose I could put the yearly totals in a spreadsheet and see what
a reasonable rate of return would produce but I don't really care that
much.
The SS should be the same for anyone who paid the max over that period
so it is probably something that has already been done.
If you live very long SS and Medicare are great deals, that is why
they are going broke. The plan was based on a life expectancy of about
66-67 for 90% of the people eligible.



Uncap SS taxes and the problem goes away.