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To: i-node who wrote (858819)	5/20/2015 3:42:32 PM
From: gronieel2	1 Recommendation Recommended By bentway Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574751

*...without expressing MORE concern over Medicare and its disastrous effect on the nation's well being...* Hogwash! This country can afford, and will provide, socialized medical care just like every other civilized country in the world. Get used to it.

To: i-node who wrote (858819)	5/20/2015 4:08:43 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 1574751

"There is no way at all that he could have foreseen Medicare" That was his farewell address, cuz JFK was about to take over as president. JFK ran on Medicare. I think Ike was prolly following the campaign. As for SS, President Dwight Eisenhower, Republican, uttered these words on November 8, 1954: "Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes that you can do these things. Among them are a few Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or businessman from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid." In addition to being a war hero, a decent fellow, a moderate Republican before they began to go extinct, President Eisenhower apparently was also quite the prophet. Little George W. Bush was about 9 years old at the time ... Read more at snopes.com