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kentuck

(111,098 posts)
Thu Aug 23, 2012, 05:54 PM Aug 2012

Here is the secret Romney and the Repubs do not want you to know about Medicare...

The ACA ("Obamacare&quot extends the life of the present Medicare system by about 10 years. And it also offers other benefits, including closing the "donut hole". Romney and Ryan say they want to roll it back to what it was before the ACA passed. That means Medicare will go broke sooner and then, they can offer coupons so seniors can beat the pavement looking for the right doctor.

Their aim is to destroy Medicare - not to save it. Their goal is to destroy it in 10 years when those that are 55 years old would be eligible. They are hiding the facts from the American people. We cannot depend on the media to hold these characters accountable. The people will need to do that. Their sole aim is to make government smaller, starting with Medicare. When they say they want to save Medicare, they are lying thru their teeth. They have always loathed the Medicare program. Do not be deceived.

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Here is the secret Romney and the Repubs do not want you to know about Medicare... (Original Post) kentuck Aug 2012 OP
K & R. n/t pnwmom Aug 2012 #1
Damn right, my dear kentuck. CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2012 #2
Also, I don't have the link handy, but I read that they are going to put our military on Medicare Booster Aug 2012 #3
CBS Evening News pushed the RobMe medicare lies without acknowledging... tk2kewl Aug 2012 #4
You're right on every point but one: they don't want to make gov't smaller. Mister Ed Aug 2012 #5

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,627 posts)
2. Damn right, my dear kentuck.
Thu Aug 23, 2012, 06:05 PM
Aug 2012

I see these monsters on TV, saying these lies, and I yell at the TV. Yeah, I know....real productive.

They Must Be Stopped.

Booster

(10,021 posts)
3. Also, I don't have the link handy, but I read that they are going to put our military on Medicare
Thu Aug 23, 2012, 06:06 PM
Aug 2012

also, which means they too will shit out of luck like the rest of us. To me Medicare is the most important issue in this election and we can't depend on MSM to get the info out to anyone - looks like Facebook is our only way to go and that's just sad.

 

tk2kewl

(18,133 posts)
4. CBS Evening News pushed the RobMe medicare lies without acknowledging...
Thu Aug 23, 2012, 06:50 PM
Aug 2012

that there was even challenge to their voracity, never mind that they are proven lies.

pointing at Quinnipiac/CBS poll showing RobMe ahead with seniors and pointed at RobMe attack ads targeting medicare as the reason for it. No mention of any fact checking or anything.

Mister Ed

(5,935 posts)
5. You're right on every point but one: they don't want to make gov't smaller.
Thu Aug 23, 2012, 10:32 PM
Aug 2012

They only want to shrink the parts that actually serve people. They want to expand the parts that control people, and the parts that that funnel taxpayer dollars to the uber-wealthy.

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