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To: chartseer who wrote (29126)	2/22/2012 10:57:39 AM
From: Kirk ©	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 223348

"Then the question of where does healthcare begin and end? Are not diet and exercise part of healthcare? Will everyone be put on a government regiment of diet and exercise? Will we all not be ordered to purchase bowflex type exercise devices and government approved nutrisweet type meals?" You have to realize that "the system" is designed to suck cash from taxpayers and give it to the insiders who finance the politicians. The system sells "food" that makes you sick then the "health care" system charges to tell you to eat better and exercise more or you will need drugs and surgery they will sell you at an even higher price. Most can't save enough to pay for it on their own so they created government agencies to "provide" it to older people while charging those who don't need it to pay for it. Lawyers make tons suing for poor treatment and the occasional "rat" in the fried chicken. The workers at the fast food (and other) places are not paid living wages so they also need free healthcare and social nets. Ask someone in their 80s how do they feel taking health care far above what they paid into where they saddle their kids and grand kids with the bills and they will probably change the subject or continue the farce that they "paid for it" because of the lies the government told them as they paid taxes when they were working. The whole "entitlement system" is a giant Ponzi scheme where politicians ran up the bills to get votes to the point EVERYONE feels they/we paid into it and are entitled to more than we paid for. Everyone but the majority of workers in the $50,000 to $200,000 band where we actually ARE paying for it and probably never will get close to a decent return on what we were "taxed" for with the payroll tax. If you make less than $50K a year and have a family, you are probably consuming far more in free education for your kids, fire and police protection, share of national defense to keep oil prices reasonable, etc. than you pay for... and if you make over $200,000 you don't contribute the same percentage of income to taxes as someone paying the full payroll tax that is now used to fund spending to pay entitlements... The trouble is if any politician tries to HONESTLY fix this, they step on the third rail and lose... President Bush was a very, very popular president until he tried to tackle Social Security... too many powerful special interests make far too much money from the busted system we have today.