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To: i-node who wrote (613803)	5/31/2011 1:47:32 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578236

"The REPUBLICANS didn't create Medicare, Medicaid and SS -- the very programs that have put us so deeply in debt." Like so many of your statements, only the first part is true. What put us in debt was tax cuts without corresponding spending cuts over the past 30 years. That, and the interest on those cuts, accounts for over $10 trillion of our $14 trillion debt. Granted, if medical spending isn't brought under control, Medicare and Medicaid will be a real problem in the future. But that doesn't change how we got here. Try paying attention and stop trying to distract from this. "Once again, I refer you to Medicare Part D. " It has done a decent job. But the VA, which covers about the same sort of things, pays less than 60% for the same drugs due to its ability to bargain directly with the drug companies, which was specifically prohibited by Congress. So it could do a much better job and be even more fiscally responsible.