(June 11, 2014 at 5:55 pm)Cato Wrote:(June 11, 2014 at 5:32 pm)Heywood Wrote: You mischaracterize his position.
Brat doesn't think it is fair that Medicare recipients get back 3 dollars for every dollar that they put in. He didn't say he wanted to deny seniors Medicare. He wants a fair system with fairness being defined as Medicare recipients getting out what they put in.
I didn't look into your other claims as I am fairly certain they are mischaracterizations as well.
This is fucking ridiculous. If people had the money to put into Medicare so that there would be a one to one relationship between input and output, what precisely would be the need for Medicare? Or insurance for that matter. Medicare exists precisely because people don't have the ability to pay (your stupid one for one requirement) for basic medical services.
If your ignorant ass missed this, so be it. If this is truly Brat's position as an Economics Ph.D well then....Holy Fuck!
Just in case you don't get my point...
Requiring people that don't have the money to pay 100% of medical costs in order to get medical care is the same fucking thing as denying medical coverage.
Yet another example of why people should be made to pass a minimum aptitude and knowledge test before being allowed to vote.
In Brat's mind a fair system is one that doesn't run a deficit. He wants Medicare recipients(all of them as a group) to receive only what they(all of them as a group) pay into it. He isn't talking about an individual input to output parity....at least not that I can see from watching his statements made in the video Motherjones used as a source to mischaracterize his position.
