LOL, why do you think many, many Republicans are pushing for a vote on it. They want this in the news 24-7, while getting the Left on the record if they support it or not.
Trust me, if this crap gets to the House floor, the Republicans will push the debate as looooooong as they can, while requesting that the public let their feelings on the matter be known to them.
Now then, being THINKING individuals, every DEMOCRAT that supports this deal, when 2020 arrives and political commercials are run by Republicans, what do you think the jist of them will be-)
The Left has gone completely off the rails to quickly, and most Americans by far, are scared to death, and not just by what it would cost!
Americans are scared to death because they have no idea what she's talking about. Republicans hated "Obamacare" with a white hot passion. But when you talk to them about the Affordable Care Act, they LOVE that. Yes, Republicans are just that dumb. When you talk to conservatives about socialist programs like SS or Medicare, they are all for them. But they don't want socialism.
I'm looking forward to the discussion. Because most everyday Republicans, including YOU, haven't the vaguest idea of what socialism actually is.
When you sucker people into paying 15% of their wages into social security and medicare for decades you better pay off. Dump the people who never paid a dime that are collecting off those rolls. We can not even afford to pay the people who paid into the social security system off and you want to expand other things. Obamacare was a lie. Social Security and Medicare will have to increase at least a couple percent more and the age risen to collect five years to extend it as of now. Socialism comes in many packages. And we are taxed at a high rate in our nation. And it is going higher. You will not end poverty. I know it sucks. But it will not happen.
When you start with a lie, you've nowhere to go but down:
Social Security and Medicare Withholding Rates. The current tax rate for social security is 6.2% for the employer and 6.2% for the employee, or 12.4% total. The current rate for Medicare is 1.45% for the employer and 1.45% for the employee, or 2.9% total.
While the total collected is 15.1%, you're only paying 7.65% of YOUR income to these taxes. Your employer is paying the rest. And if you think that your employer would pay you that additional 7.65% as part of your salary, I have a bridge in Nevada I'd like to sell you.
Americans pay the LOWEST rate of taxes in the First World. Of course the rest of the first world is paying for their health care as part of their taxes and Americans have to pay that separately. That's $18,000 a year or more for a healthy family of four, in addition to federal, state and local taxes.
The rest of us are doing all of things that Americans "can't afford". Our tax dollars are invested in health care, education, and infrastructure. Things like single payer health care for everyone. Cheap/free post secondary education. Smart countries don't have "charter schools", they build quality public schools, and they run them for far less than it costs for Americans. Last year the county dug up our street and installed all new water lines and sewers. Then they put in new curbing, and sidewalks, and paved the street, which was in rough shape. The new sidewalks drain snow and rain away from the sidewalk
Americans pay more money for health care, and get less for their money, than any nation in the world. You are the ONLY first world nation where there is no universal unfettered access to high quality health. The same is true for education. You pay more than any other country, and your education system isn't even in the top 10 in the world. But what you do have is the biggest baddest most expensive army in the world.
Massive armies are the tools of the wealthy and powerful. The American public has been duped into believing that they need the world's largest army to keep them safe. The rest of the world isn't that stupid.
The United States is the richest nation in the world. You can afford a "space force", you can send rocket ships to Mars, the world's largest, best equipped army, and 18 years of unnecessary and expensive wars. But you can't afford a decent education for a ghetto child.
Americans have decided that power and influence are their priorities. Their people are not. You have the money to do all of these things. You just don't want to give up the power and influence. And that's where your money goes.
f course, all socialists want to go global, even Hitler. They just have different methods is all.
