Tea Party Hypocrisy?
If this is true I have a real problem with it…
Poll: Tea Party Not on Board Medicare/Medicaid Cuts
The tea party is apparently not on the Medicare-Medicaid-cutting bandwagon, so reports The Atlantic Wire.
In a recent McClatchy-Marist poll, 70 percent of ‘tea party supporters’ strongly opposed cutting the healthcare plan for the elderly and indigent, compared to about 80 percent of registered voters.
This despite Paul Ryan’s 2012 budget which passed the House last week and phases out Medicare for those under 55.
A series of pundits have called Ryan’s budget a plus for Democrats, particularly if the party keeps slamming the cuts as worse than they are.
Now, I do believe in the power of the question. Here’s the way some of these pollsters conduct their study.
Poll Question: “Do you think cutting medicare and medicaid is a good idea?” Now nobody is suggesting cutting medicare or medicaid. But the question is vague.
How about this question: “Do you think medicare and medicaid programs should be part of the cost cutting efforts to balance our budget?” You may get far less than 70% against.
Then you might try this “Do you think starting those cuts to the programs at the age of 55 and under would be a good idea?”
The other thing that must be entered into the equation is:
Medicare is the national health plan that most people upon turning 65 years old, will qualify for it. It consists of parts A, B, C, and D. You will have worked 40 quarters in your lifetime in order to obtain it. Others below age 65 will qualify due to a Federal definition of disabled and then after 24 months after the declaration.
Meaning YOU HAVE EARNED your medicare benefits because YOU WORKED and PAID INTO IT. This is a HUGE difference from Medicaid.
Medicaid is simply welfare for poor folks who fall below a certain income level. It is administered by the state in which you live and the minimum income requirements vary by such. It pays the balance of what Medicare doesn’t.
Wait what? If you don’t work 40 quarters in your life and pay into medicare you get medicare, if you don’t, medicaid is there for you? See that’s the problem right there.
Here’s where the cuts must start. Anyone 30 or younger must understand that there is no “Welfare” for you if you are able and don’t work. You will be homeless and depending on churches for your existence. Those who have taken advantage of the system and DIDN’T pay INTO the system got lucky. We need to stop this shit right now.
Do not touch Medicare for anyone that WORKED and put into the system PERIOD. You want to cut, cut the leeches first, then ask for donations. Remove the FRAUD in the system and save a ton of cash. Liberals created this problem, we played by the RULES.