Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Acceptable to who? Hint: Almost no one. |
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Raise (instead of cut) billionaires taxes so they pay their fair share. Close those IRS loop holes. We now have enough money to pay everything and pay money down on the debt annually. Simple, clean, and fair.
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thinking veterans administration hospital and disability services, well typed! |
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A lot of people don't know that the ACA (Affordable Care Act) law greatly increased the eligibility for Medicaid by increasing the eligibility to 4 times the poverty level. Some people, who were happy with their private health insurance, were forced to go onto a Medicaid plan because the ACA law made their private health insurance plan illegal. That is why there are so many people on Medicaid today. This one law is responsible for a huge increase in Medicaid spending.
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Just like in ones personal life, one has to constantly make choices. Personally, I chose to spend more on health care and healthy food than I do on items that I may like but are not necessary. |
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- ACA allows for tax credits for incomes at or below 400% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL). This is not Medicaid enrollment, these are credits towards obtaining health insurance. - Simple Medicaid allows children and pregnant women to be enrolled at up to 233% FPL though this varies by state - Medicaid Expansion seems to allow enrollment at 138% FPL for most adults. Not every state offers/follows Medicaid Expansion (FL and CA do not, NY does) - A health care plan may not actually provide much health care coverage which is why some plans were made illegal under ACA It's a complicated issue.
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Why do people insist on making claims without looking them up first, do they really think no one will check? Proof by emphatic assertion rarely works. Confirmation bias is real; I can find any number of articles that say so. Victor, NY - Randallstown, MD - Yakima, WA - Stevensville, MD - Village of Hillsborough Last edited by Bill14564; 06-02-2025 at 08:16 AM. Reason: grammar & clarity |
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Well...following the initial post...let's see what we could just cut. Why not first cut airline safety (including air controllers)? Then lets move to cutting back on roadway repairs, signage and safety issues? Then lets cut the military and all veteran's programs? Perhaps we want to cut out bank regulators? How about cutting the departments that oversee nursing homes and assisted care facilities? Perhaps another cut could be made to those receiving life sustaining medications? Then we could cut the regulators of the financial markets and who oversee the safety of 401 (k)'s and pension plans? How about cutting Social Security?
I am sure we could cut and cut and cut...and then criticize it when a plane goes down with one of our relatives on board because there was inadequate oversight! The DOGE approach failed. Only a tiny percentage of the federal budget was saved (like less than 1%). Yet, DOGE's cuts involved slashing the jobs of tens of thousands of employees, some of them long term who worked to make America safer for us. This was NOT the way to trim the budget. The Congress needs to focus on financial issues...not just which gender might be wearing a sports jersey! |
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The ACA provided Medicaid help for those earning less than 138% of the poverty rate. That's less than twice, not four times. In Florida, the poverty level is $15,650 for a single person household. So anyone earning less than 138% of that - or $21,597 or less, can get Medicaid. That also means - if you don't earn less than $21,598, you have to use the marketplace and you'll be eligible for subsidies (assistance toward regular health care premiums), but not Medicaid, which is much more comprehensive than regular health insurance. Now, if you're jealous because poor people get decent health care, just imagine all those poor people NOT getting decent health care, being sick, dying, spreading disease to you and your loved ones in the supermarket, in public parks, on the beach, in the line at the bank, because they can't afford rent AND food AND a regular yearly checkup. I for one am grateful that they get the help they need, and I don't mind kicking in a few bucks for the privilege of knowing MY risk of illness is reduced, because THEY were able to get medical care. And, no one's private health insurance is illegal. That was never true and still isn't true. The law was if an insurance company wanted to offer plans on the Marketplace (an actual thing, not just a general term), it had to comply with specific criteria. If the company wanted to just be a concierge service, or offer only catastrophic care, or only cover broken bone insurance, or hangnail insurance, or skin disease insurance, it could do so. But not on the Marketplace. |
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You have to spend money to make money. But you also have to spend it efficiently. There are departments and agencies that have overlapping services. I wouldn't remove the service, I'd just remove the overlap. But if it's a social service, I'd keep the funding within the category of "social services funding" and not toss it into the Department of Homeland Security funding. Border patrol isn't a social service, and whether or not a building has gender-neutral bathrooms is not a matter of national security.
I'd create a new social service agency, an ombudsman office. So individuals with concerns can talk to someone there - and that person would help them reach the correct department and contact person. And they'd follow up to ensure that the person with the concern was able to connect. This would cut down on lines at the SS office, it'd cut down on thousands of phone calls to departments that can't help the person calling because it's the wrong department to handle it. It'd make the communication between citizen and government more efficient all around. I'd also reduce government expense accounts. Yes, so and so's salary is only $150,000/year. But their expense account is significantly more than that. No Senator should have the resources to spend $70,000 on two desks (Scott Pruitt). A Senator gets between $3.5M and $5.5M per year in discretionary funding. That has to cover employee salaries, office supplies, travel expenses. They can get an additional $34,000 if they request it for additional travel expenses. They should not be permitted to fly first class, anywhere, on the taxpayer dime. If they need a private jet to fly somewhere, they should only be reimbursed the expected cost of a business class ticket on a commercial line, and pay the rest out of his own salary. No hotel penthouse suites on the taxpayer dime. Get a deluxe room with a window like most working people get. Make sure all government travel is put on a card that collects travel points. They can use the points as bonuses if they want, for an upgrade in room type, or more legroom on the flight. But those things cannot cost taxpayer dollars. They should not be allowed to take their employees on a vacation, on the taxpayer dime. The President should not be allowed to use taxpayer money for cross-state air travel on Air Force One for weekend golf games on a regular basis. That costs MILLIONS of dollars for each DAY that he's away. Give him a couple weeks vacation time, like most of the working people have in this country. He can take a few days here and there as he likes. Eliminate the concept of a "working vacation" in government. If you're working, you shouldn't be lounging by the pool or playing golf. If you're on vacation, you don't get to have government-specific meetings in the hotel ballroom and call it work. Enforce the Emoluments Clause on all government officials. That'll cut out several billion dollars in taxpayer expense every year, just doing the above. Last edited by OrangeBlossomBaby; 06-02-2025 at 09:05 AM. |
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Raise the Debt Ceiling
And don't worry "this will create tremendous growth" We'll "grow our way out of this debt" |
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Being specific, what percentage of other people's money do you say it is fair to take from them, but unfair to take from you?
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Louisville KY |
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