Discussion: Jeb Bush Wants To 'Figure Out A Way To Phase Out' Medicare

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#129

Jeb, Bush, Paul Ryan and their fellow health insurance lobby lackeys in the Republican Party seek to eliminate Medicare as we know it and replace it with a voucher system that will cover only a small fraction of the elderly’s health care needs. The Ryan plan is designed to take a “General MacArthur” approach to destroying our nation’s Medicare system – the plan will not make it immediately die … the GOP simply wants it to slowly fade away.

… and with it the ability of future senior citizens to obtain affordable chronic condition treatment and preventative health care.

And just to top it off, fiscal conservatives support the privatization of Social Security so that Americans would be forced to play Russian Roulette with their retirement savings.

Because, after all, they have their government pension plans and health care coverage – to hell with anyone who doesn’t.

#130

Get rid of Obamacare, get rid of Medicaid and Medicare, go with death panels for anyone poor or elderly at any age, we don’t need to treat the elderly or sick or poor, just have a permanent death panel to rule on every case…no cost to rich tax-avoiders…just death panels is the way to go under Republican administrations… Nnone of this “caring for” the sick and disabled, that’s an outdated liberal idea and we need to wipe that out. We need fulll tax exemptions and freedumb from taxation for every millionaire and billionaire. Only the poor and the working people should pay taxes for the opportunity to work and pay taxes in our wonderful nation.

/snark

#131

NSA doesn’t do that kind of work.

#132

Yes Jeb, let’s phase out Medicare so we can can another tax cut to the top 1%. You know what, what we really need to “phase out” are plutocrat politicians such as the Bush family.

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#133

no

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#134

The firm of Dewey, Cheatem & Howe…

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#135

Well, that certainly convinces me! I’m going to throw in the towel RIGHT NOW and just wait for my new Republican OverLord to give me my marching orders…

Moron.

#136

I’ll bring the matches… :smiling_imp:

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#137

Did he get those socks from the Wicked Witch of the East?

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#138

How to phase out Medicare? First, give up all hope of holding an elective office again.

#139

It’s like Jebya is deliberately trying to sabotage his own campaign, like he feels forced to run by his handlers and wants to get clobbered and knocked out ASAP.

#140

Thank you! I’m bringing my concealed carry gasoline squirt gun. I’ll make sure the butt-hole supreme is soaked good before you throw a lit one his way. If he tries to run, my sister is bringing her concealed carry pistol. I told her to aim for the knees only. He needs to suffer.

::wink:

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#141

Explain to me again why anyone would vote for this guy…

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#142

Campaign ad gold!

#143

The Bush crime family has hurt this country like no other.

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#144

Poppy’s getting idiosyncratic in his dotage.

#145

There is a certain element in our country that is hell bent on creating an American Oligarchy. The plan goes something like this;

  1. Destroy the middle class by destroying unions and gutting labor laws. Legions of lobbyists and lawyers would be deployed to pursue and implement financial, Regulatory, and tax policies that benefit only the elite class.

  2. Control Women’s choices over their bodies and “keep them in their place”. This would force them into poverty with no choice but to forcefully create and contribute to a population of impoverished underclass citizens created by the policies described above. Women would be prevented from ever thinking about careers that provide choices and upward mobility.

  3. Create a ready made pool of desperate,impoverished laborers willing to take any job and work slave wages to provide cheap labor benefiting the elite.

  4. Create a ready made warrior pool who will willing join the military as a means out of poverty to fight and die in NEOCON wars.

  5. Enact voting registration laws and influence the media with money that will ensure desired election outcomes.

  6. Gut healthcare, Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security severely enough that most members of the population pool created above will have enough decency to die prior to reaching retirement age never to become a “burden” on the Oligarchy’s version of a perfect society.

  7. The answer to all of society’s problems for this Oligarchy would be Soy-lent Green.

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#146

Lol- Jeb was supposed to have been the smart one. Must have just been a Karl Rove spin.
“Better to keep your mouth closed and be thought a fool than open it and remove all doubt”.

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#147

Does he even understand what he is saying? What a tautology- we need to find an alternative to Medicare because people won’t have Medicare because we will take away Medicare. Positively Palinesque!

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#148

The plan is to replace it with coupons. That will be easy for seniors to keep track of. Hell, I can hardly find my keys; and don’t get me started about my glasses.

Come to think of it, I am pretty good at keeping my BedBath&Beyond coupons on hand. Maybe my Dr would accept those?

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