Would you accept modest concessions on Medicare for defense cuts and an end to the upper tax cuts?

[LLStarks]

The definition of 'modest' and 'cuts' are flexible.

[Bluebear]

1. Absolutely not.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Why should we?

[Journeyman]

3. With defense cuts and an end to upper level tax breaks, there'd be no need to cut Medicare. . .

[Bluebear]

4. Yes, INDEED!

:applause:

[dmr]

5. Exactly! n/t

[Luminous Animal]

8. Yep.

[Skip Intro]

6. No. There is a time to draw a line and say this far, no further.

[napi21]

7. What kind of concessions are you talking about? I'd be happy to

instruct the Medicare foks that they MUST negotiate drug prices! I'd gladly increase the penalties for medicare fraud.

Defense cuts are a no brainer! Why would anyone need n offset?

As to the tax uts on the top 2% of people...a strong demonstration of their effect the economy over the past 40-50 years is enough for anyone to understand why they have to go.

[grasswire]

9. how about means testing?

Would that be considered a concession? How about those 1 percenters not getting Medicare coverage? Sounds like a good deal to me.

[anneboleyn]

10. Medicare has been devastated already. Further cuts will put seniors and the disabled

in a very dire situation indeed. Many physicians are refusing to accept Medicare patients since Medicare is notoriously bad about paying physicians in a timely manner, and they fight physicians over cost. The patients are caught in the middle, and they suffer as a result.

[Suji to Seoul]

11. Defense, drug war, DHS and Congressional pay/perk cuts first.

then I will consider medicare cuts for a second before still saying no.

[Raine]

12. HHEEEELLLLLL NO!!!! nt

[me b zola]

13. We need more medicare, not less

[Blecht]

14. Fuck no

And fuck this stupid-assed poll.

[Newest Reality]

15. End our occupations,

corporate tax breaks and subsidizes first. Corporate and banker welfare is are most important issue right now. Do we accept it, de facto, or do we reject it en masse? We have to decide this, make it clear, and decide with our minds and bodies and lives.

Then talk about taking it away from those in need -- which many of us will be at some point.

[readmoreoften]

16. If they were going to cut defense or make the rich pay taxes they wouldn't mind keeping Medicare.

There's no political concession that would or could ever look like that.

[Scuba]

17. I would accept Medicare for all, funded by defense cuts and increases...

...in taxes on upper earners, particularly capital gains.