I am sick and tired of blowhards ranting about Medicare. It's NOT FREE! Yes, I am covered by Medicare, but I spend $1000s in out-of-pocket expenses every year -- probably way more than your sorry-@ss spends on health insurance. Indeed, I will be going into the hospital next week to have eye surgery -- my surgery was postponed -- and, even with Medicare, I will be paying for a hot tub for my doc! :p All Medicare does is keep me from losing my home. So, please, spare me your tales of "hang nails" covered by FREE Medicare.
Know a welfare recipient? Ever been in a welfare recipient's home? The last time I was, they had a picture of Jesus on the living room wall -- yes, a white Jesus, by the way.
Socialism? Uh, there are no Obamacare doctors working in Obamacare hospitals. Medicare is a government-run aid program, but it's a far cry from socialism. You want an example of socialized medicine in America complete with a single-payer system? Check out the VA, army doctors in VA hospitals. The GM model is closer to socialism than Medicare. It truly boggles the mind that people throw around the word "socialism" without understanding its meaning!
Friday, August 31, 2012
Friday, August 24, 2012
Post #351 It's The Rules, Stupid!, Pt. II
Hey, Mitt Romney: No one hates your money; we hate the rules you play by -- a lower tax rate, frivolous deductions, Swiss bank accounts....
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Friday, August 17, 2012
Post #350 I Am An Economic Powerhouse
I am going to use my Medicare check to bolster the American economy. I will be going next week into an America hospital to have eye surgery performed by an American doctor.
My doctor has two big houses (housing industry) filled with fancy furniture (furniture industry) and four fancy cars (automobile industry). He has fancy clothes (clothing industry) and eats out at least once a day (restaurant industry) and eats in the rest of the time (grocery industry and farmers). I could even be supporting prostitution, for all I know. :p
Me? I've been waiting 32 years and haven't been trickled on yet. Yes, eliminate the Free Ride: Farm subsidies, a lower tax rate for investors, tax cuts for shipping jobs overseas, frivolous deductions, tax havens in Bermuda, the list just goes on.... It starts at the top!
"One thing about discipline ... you don't discipline the bottom," Tom O'Brien, the head football coach at N.C. State University and ex-Marine, said. "You discipline the people at the top and when you do, then everybody stands up and pays attention."
;O I used my work ethic and innovative ideas to get ahead. But Ronald Reagan's BOOM never trickled down to me or my family. All I can say is that I am better off now than I was fours ago -- not impressed with (or scared by) Republicans who have no numbers to
believe in.
In fact, of the Presidential elections I've voted in, I have gone backwards under Republicans -- '84, '88, '92, '04, '08 -- and gone forward under Democrats -- '96, '00, '12. I'd rather vote for Jill Biden's husband -- in case there any James Earl Rays reading this -- than Mitt Romney.
If I had the reins, I'd start by:
1. Adding a Constitutional amendment saying that the Bill Of Rights applies to individual living adult humans -- none of that "corporations are people" nonsense.
2. Eliminating the Social Security tax cap -- make Mitt Romney (and members of Congress and the President) pay the same rate as I do. My Grandma, when she died last year, was drawing $470 a month. That works out to a little bit less than what someone pays who pays the cap.
Members of Congress support a little more than one Grandma every year but could support two Grandmas (if they paid the same rate as I do on all of their income). John McCain supports a little more than one Grandma every year but could support four Grandmas (if he paid the same rate as I do on all of his income). Barack Obama supports a little more than one Grandma every year but could support 17 Grandmas (if he paid the same rate as I do on all of his income). Mitt Romney supports a little more than one Grandma every year but could support 300 Grandmas (if he paid the same rate as I do on all of his income).
Who is ripping off Grandma? Not me -- I am a lil' job creator: Where's my tax cut!?! :p
My doctor has two big houses (housing industry) filled with fancy furniture (furniture industry) and four fancy cars (automobile industry). He has fancy clothes (clothing industry) and eats out at least once a day (restaurant industry) and eats in the rest of the time (grocery industry and farmers). I could even be supporting prostitution, for all I know. :p
Me? I've been waiting 32 years and haven't been trickled on yet. Yes, eliminate the Free Ride: Farm subsidies, a lower tax rate for investors, tax cuts for shipping jobs overseas, frivolous deductions, tax havens in Bermuda, the list just goes on.... It starts at the top!
"One thing about discipline ... you don't discipline the bottom," Tom O'Brien, the head football coach at N.C. State University and ex-Marine, said. "You discipline the people at the top and when you do, then everybody stands up and pays attention."
;O I used my work ethic and innovative ideas to get ahead. But Ronald Reagan's BOOM never trickled down to me or my family. All I can say is that I am better off now than I was fours ago -- not impressed with (or scared by) Republicans who have no numbers to
believe in.
In fact, of the Presidential elections I've voted in, I have gone backwards under Republicans -- '84, '88, '92, '04, '08 -- and gone forward under Democrats -- '96, '00, '12. I'd rather vote for Jill Biden's husband -- in case there any James Earl Rays reading this -- than Mitt Romney.
If I had the reins, I'd start by:
1. Adding a Constitutional amendment saying that the Bill Of Rights applies to individual living adult humans -- none of that "corporations are people" nonsense.
2. Eliminating the Social Security tax cap -- make Mitt Romney (and members of Congress and the President) pay the same rate as I do. My Grandma, when she died last year, was drawing $470 a month. That works out to a little bit less than what someone pays who pays the cap.
Members of Congress support a little more than one Grandma every year but could support two Grandmas (if they paid the same rate as I do on all of their income). John McCain supports a little more than one Grandma every year but could support four Grandmas (if he paid the same rate as I do on all of his income). Barack Obama supports a little more than one Grandma every year but could support 17 Grandmas (if he paid the same rate as I do on all of his income). Mitt Romney supports a little more than one Grandma every year but could support 300 Grandmas (if he paid the same rate as I do on all of his income).
Who is ripping off Grandma? Not me -- I am a lil' job creator: Where's my tax cut!?! :p
Friday, August 10, 2012
Post #349 "Did North Carolina Really Outlaw Global Warming?"
;O No. Not exactly. But recent actions by the Republican-led legislature of North Carolina have given rise to such jokes.
Let me explain: Some coastal towns in North Carolina wanted to plan ahead for a rise in sea level over the next, say, 50 to 100 years -- which is smart. That kind of long-range planning ought to be applauded.
One study, a "sky is falling" liberal study produced by tree huggers who do not donate to Republicans, predicted a sea-level rise of 39 inches; another study. a right-thinking conservative study produced by businesses who do donate to Republicans, predicted a sea-level rise of 9 inches.
Common Sense will tell you that The Truth is probably somewhere in between 9 and 39 inches and that coastal towns would be best-served by taking a middle number into account -- say, 24. And add 2 or 3 to be safe.
Now, this is where those idiots in Raleigh came into play. The legislature outlawed the use of the 39 inch figure --or any other figure -- and mandated the use of the 9 inch figure provided by their friends.
I thought a conservative principle was 'local control' -- but no. Those idiots sold out a conservative principle to gain an advantage -- more donations -- for an election.
Par for the course.
I was Alex P. Keaton BEFORE there was an Alex P. Keaton and was sure the firsst thing Ronald Reagan would do after his Inauguration would be to pull the plug on Jimmy Carter's bailout of Chrysler -- but, no, he threw a conservative principle under the bus, did not stop the federal government from intervening in the private sector and even upped the bailout. All in the name of politics.
And, most conservatives will tell you now what a great success it was -- instead of hanging their heads in shame -- and criticize Barack Obama for doing the same.
* sigh *
Let me explain: Some coastal towns in North Carolina wanted to plan ahead for a rise in sea level over the next, say, 50 to 100 years -- which is smart. That kind of long-range planning ought to be applauded.
One study, a "sky is falling" liberal study produced by tree huggers who do not donate to Republicans, predicted a sea-level rise of 39 inches; another study. a right-thinking conservative study produced by businesses who do donate to Republicans, predicted a sea-level rise of 9 inches.
Common Sense will tell you that The Truth is probably somewhere in between 9 and 39 inches and that coastal towns would be best-served by taking a middle number into account -- say, 24. And add 2 or 3 to be safe.
Now, this is where those idiots in Raleigh came into play. The legislature outlawed the use of the 39 inch figure --or any other figure -- and mandated the use of the 9 inch figure provided by their friends.
I thought a conservative principle was 'local control' -- but no. Those idiots sold out a conservative principle to gain an advantage -- more donations -- for an election.
Par for the course.
I was Alex P. Keaton BEFORE there was an Alex P. Keaton and was sure the firsst thing Ronald Reagan would do after his Inauguration would be to pull the plug on Jimmy Carter's bailout of Chrysler -- but, no, he threw a conservative principle under the bus, did not stop the federal government from intervening in the private sector and even upped the bailout. All in the name of politics.
And, most conservatives will tell you now what a great success it was -- instead of hanging their heads in shame -- and criticize Barack Obama for doing the same.
* sigh *
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