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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
To suggest that people are willing to pay their own way is laughable. The national debt, when divided up among the population is about $94,000 per person. I don't hear very many people, who want to pay their own way, offering to pay off their share of the debt. They are happy to force future generations to assume the debt. This applies to health care and almost everything else.
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I'll pay off my share of the debt after all corporations pay something in taxes and billionaires who can afford expensive tax accountants pay something in taxes. an example, my ex, a cardiologist, once took me to court to lower his child support amount. he presented his business records that showed he made very little each year. but he drove an expensive car, just bought an expensive house..and I'm sitting there with my W4 that showed what I earned..with no off sets..people like him do that all the time to keep their tax burdens down...they can write off so much to their businesses..and they keep debt....if off sets income...
"free" stuff is given away all the time to the top 1%....and the trickle down theory is a fallacy...why is everything made in China....because the labor is cheap. the big tax plan that went thru that was supposed to bring so much manufacturing back to the US? the corporations did stock buy backs for the shareholders benefit.
so given a choice, I'd prefer my tax dollars go to provide some sort of minimal health coverage for everyone. and for those who want more, they can buy a supplement.
and it's awfully easy for those of us on Medicare to criticize others for wanting pre-existing conditions covered or that others want something free. Medicare and Social Security pay out more than we pay in, so why don't we say we will just accept the amount we contributed?
when we get rid of all the corporate welfare, then let's talk.