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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (9406)	9/13/2009 9:30:41 PM
From: gg cox	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

You are one tough nut to crack and i wonder at your reading skills and whether you actually try to understand other peoples points of view. <<but it would be ruinous and wasteful for a society to encourage people to retire that early. >> I retired because i could afford to retire. Shortly after i retired and receiving company pension...that is company pension, so you understand... not a socialist pinko commie pension from the government north of your border which i had paid into for 32 years ..my company called me to go back to work. I refused, and told them to get a 20 year old in and train him for the job...he needed it i didn't twice so you get it.. I refused and told them to get a 20 year old in and train him for the job...he needed it i didn't <<A person who retires at 51 and gets government benefits will spend more of their life as a taker than as an earner.>> You got to try harder Brumar89 i did not get any government benifits at age 51 No government pension. No government pension. What i got was health care as described on this thread many times but you don't seem to want to understand....Health care which i am paying for through my taxes, donation and blablabla.. all the rest,, and which i was paying into all the years that i worked. I will be paying for my health care through the tax system till the day i die. Do you get it??? <<I don't think you should be bragging about retiring early to collect government health care benefits. ...>> Not bragging about retiring, just stating a fact. I'll repeat for you.When i was working i was paying my portion for health care through the taxes i paid. I am still paying for health care through the taxes i pay on pension and all other income that i am receiving, investments and all the rest when taxes are filed at tax year end. Do you get it???If you chose to interpret that as a taker then i feel sorry for you. <<It encourages people to say why work, save, take care of myself - let the nanny state do it.>> In my childhood we were very poor, never owned anything, i did not inherit anything so i worked and saved and invested like all the rest here on SI. I live in a country where i don't need to worry about losing everything i have worked for if i get sick again, get it <<Are people who work past 51 saps? >> You tell me Brumar89, or maybe you could ask ski now ski ..he said congrats.Now think about that...that was a nice gesture,no??<gg>> <<And I find it hard to see your basis of complaint against health insurance companies in other countries. You have no experience with them. I do and I've never had a problem with those evil greedy leeches as you pro-socialist folks refer to them.>> I was completly healthy up until five years ago so our system was of little concern to me and i had no drag on the system. Since then, after having a few health care issues..... the way governments treat their citizens is of interest to me, so put me on ignore if you like. <g>