Medicare is now facing unfunded deficits of 30,000,000,000,000. Social Security, unfunded deficits of 10,000,000,000,000. Social Security has, for this year, and 6 years prior to the previous projections, reached the point of paying out more in monthly benefits than they will take in. America has doubled its money supply (ie, printed twice as much paper money and put it into the banking system) over the last year. Against about a 70% polled opposition, including another 59% who actively support its repeal, our government "of the people, by the people and for the people" has passed the "Mother" of all unfunded entitlements, which will make both Medicare and Social Security seem like chump change. Along with this, there is a mandate that requires private citizens to purchase health insurance or else be fined. 15,000 new IRS agents are to be added to enforce the provisions of "health care reform". And lets see -- yes, the taxes and fees imposed over the next 10 years will cover the costs of the program for 6 years, as the benefits of the plan start in 4 years, and that is only if you trust the projections of the CBO and wink-wink-nod-nod, don't look too close to how they handle Medicare expenses -- taking 500 billion out of this pocket and putting it into that pocket and calling it "savings". And fortunately, now that the bill has passed, the American people will, for the first time, learn what is really in the bill. And oh, yes, the federal elected officials have now, and retroactively, and in perpetuity, exempted themselves and their staff from the provisions of the "reform", and guaranteed their existing health care benefits for life. And yes, all this, ostensibly, was to bring health care coverage to those unfortunate 40 million folks who had no health care coverage (other than being able to show up 24/7/365, citizen or not, in any ER coast to coast, and to qualify for Medcaid, which will now be the lowest common denominator of all government controlled health care if they were truly in financial need). Castro, by the way, gave it his ringing endorsement just today. Why, in almost no time, we will have a health care system on par with Cuba, I bet.
Now what was your question about conservatives and republicans? This has nothing to do with Democrats or Republicans. This has to do with the Socialist/Marxist/Communist (chose your own totalitarian government description) take-over of the heretofore Constitutionally guaranteed freedoms of the peoples of the United States of America. It is a sad, sad, and frightening time for many of us, who apparently lack your wisdom, experience and politically enlightened world view, geiger. Please, as a politically superior Canadian, do let us know how we should now think and behave. It is a brave new world to all of us "great unwashed". But now having surrendered (forfeited) our economic future to the will of an enlightened few of the elite ruling class, perhaps you can give us some clue as to the proper way for us to behave in the current situation. As always, we value you learned Canadian opinions as to what motivates Americans and how we should react and respond to such things political within our national boarders. Thanks so much! I do look forward to your knowledgeable (and always entertaining) response, geiger.
BTW, as the American economy collapses, so will go the Canadian economy. Count on it.
