Tom G Loc: Atlanta, GA

Based on what they say and do, I often wonder.

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

Yeah! Right! Please....

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

[quote=Blurryeyed]Yeah! Right! Please....[/quote

You don't ev n know wat it mean

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

I can read your writing, that alone speaks to what I am capable of.

Yankeepapa6 Loc: New York City

SocialSecurity was never meant to be your only source of retirement income. It was designed to supplement your retirement. Where was your complaint 7-8 years ago??

Bazbo Loc: Lisboa, Portugal

So your source is your mom? And you are expecting us to ignore all of the information in the public record because your mom says so?

Actually, you were responding to the OP that noted that the current Medicare premium wiped out the SS COLA by saying that the root cause is that the ACA caused the price of the various Supplemental plans to increase.

I know you and your Mom don't agree with this but the fact is that the premiums were for Part B, not any of the supplemental plans. The problem is that health care costs continue to rise and that has nothing to do with Obama, as much as you would like to blame him for everything.

If you are really oissed off about the cost of health care, then take that up with the Republicans who wrote into the law that established Part D that Medicare is forbidden from using their vast purchasing power to negotiate for lower drug prices.

THAT was nothing less than a blow job for Big Pharma and both taxpayers and Medicare recipients pay for it because the Republicans know what exactly which side of the bread is buttered. I would provide you links but you have already told me that the web is full of lies, so why bother? We in the fact based world really have nothing to offer you.

Let us know if your mom changes her mind.

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

No dumbass, my mother is 90 years old and I read any important correspondence for her. You can read and say anything you want the media never did and still does not report fairly regarding Obamacare, they simply take the former administrations line as fact without much regard to reality. They are still reporting that the $716 billion cut from the budget really had no impact on seniors themselves, I am telling you that is bullshit. The facts are pretty simple for anyone receiving Social Security, the raises in Social Security have been accompanied by increased deductions for Medicare options.

Yankeepapa6 Loc: New York City

How do we know your mom is telling the truth?? No one has said for sure they are cutting Social Security. When and by whom was that ever said?? Your "fact-based" world that you alleged to be true is because it caters to your prejudices, your bigotry, your biases your intolerance.

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

Trump said he going to go after SS an Medicare

Bazbo Loc: Lisboa, Portugal

Do try to keep up. I wasn't offering my mom as a source. Direct the question to Blurry. I would never enter a brain fart forum like this leaning on my mom as a source.

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

He just upset. He never knew his mother

Bazbo Loc: Lisboa, Portugal

Cheap name calling aside, do you have sources other than yiur mom and your own hyper inflated opinion of your opinions? Also care to comment on yiur inaccurate assertions about the supplemental plans or would you rather just squirm away from that?

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

What anyone pays in federal taxes depends upon total income, regardless of source, less deductions. The brackets and percentage due has been reduced across all, incomes. As a result over 80% of americans (elderly included) will see a reduction in taxes due. While the elderly(I am one) will get a tax break, they should not get a special rate, by virtue of staying alive.

Yankeepapa6 Loc: New York City

I understand when you were born your mother handed you the phone book and said pick out your father.