Barack Obama: Social Security and Medicare

[onstageagain]

Government, when examined, turns out to be nothing more nor less than a group of fallible men with the political force to act as though they were infallible It's hard to imagine a more stupid dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong ! 'Solve & Problems' are not in the Constitution. Please understand people.... Government does not solve problems. It subsidizes them !

[onstageagain]

Gov is a gang of men exactly like you & me. Taking one with another, no special talent for business of gov, only a talent for getting & holding office. Their principal device is to search out groups who pant & pine for something they can't get & promise to give it to them.9, times out of 10,the promise is worth nothing. The 10th time is made good by looting A to satisfy B. Gov, is a broker in pillage & every election is sort of an advance auction sale of stolen goods

[cpmondello]

Before the Democratic Party asks support, their elected officials should be up front about what they expect to do with the futures of those who elected them: Aug. 10, 2011, Super Congress/Committee Member Democratic Senator John Kerry Willing to Cut Social Security and Medicare: "Senator Kerry has repeatedly expressed his willingness to cut Social Security and Medicare, despite the fact that retirees and near retirees saw much of their wealth destroyed with the collapse of the housing bubble."

[chopper63100]

we the people dont need gass or oil.with the tecnollogia we have to day you crossdresser momas boy.

[marvelmills]

Social Security ISN'T in crisis. SS is facing a long-term technical problem that can be easily overcome. There are some easy solutions that are rarely discussed. For example, the SS payroll tax is highly regressive. Any income you make above roughly $90k is not taxed, which means rich and privileged people are getting a free ride. Is that a law of nature, that a small percentage of rich people should get a free ride? If you simply raise or eliminated the cap, SS financing would be fine for eons

[vipaccessonly]

@marvelmills I wonder if you would say the same thing now...

[marvelmills]

@vipaccessonly Did something change to make what I said false?

[Calsummersishere]

Asians live longer than whites, who live longer than Blacks so if you raise the age of social security, Asians benefit. IT MAKES SENSE! Obama always defers to Asia! HAHA

[farscapebabe]

2nd half: Gee, let all the illegal aliens come in here and get FREE medical, optical and dental which by the way MEDICARE does not pay for optical and dental and the people that have worked most of their lives get screwed. The illegal aliens get medicade which DOES allow OPTICAL & DENTAL. They pay no co-pay when visiting a doctor and if they do it is only $1.00. Gee, sounds fair to me.

[farscapebabe]

1st half: Is the ARROGANT SOB going to use the same health care benefits all AMERICANS will have? I didn't vote to bail out the banks and auto industries. I am ready to sell my house and get the HE// out of the USA. HE IS A STINKING LIER. My utilities have doubled on me and there will be no cost of living raise for social security. My Part D is going up and so is my prescription drug insurance.

[Takedownman]

@farscapebabe I heard it's nice in the Bahamas!

[zombieiscool]

Im 19 and if the problem of Medicare, social security, recession, If we don't get out of the war and getting ourselves in deep shit, I'm planning to immigrate to Canada. I'm serious after I finish some schooling if it doesn't get any better I'm immigrating.

[theoak84]

its no different there buddy.. were all fucked

[WhatsInYourShoes]

Im glad I live in Australia :D

[dencal26]

The man is a LIAR. When President Bush was claiming Social Security was in crisis Obama and Dems said it wasn't broken. Now as President Obama claims its broken. When will America wake up to these liars who say anything to get elected?

[CircusMaximus09]

What an asshole and ignorant

[Tsiongky]

Prez Obama congratulations...oh and I hope you have a short celebration. Did you happen to ready the article in the LA Times today 11/07/08? Medicare patients, doctor, the whole medicare system is on the brink of collapse. Please do not forget them aside the economy and the wars. thank you very much !

[FlipCombatMedic]

I like how the feel good speeches of drivel have millions of views, yet videos such as this have 1-2k. That is not to say that this video has meaning, other than that he believes in big government to solve problems.

[WSTF1966]

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[WSTF1966]

The overall quality, miracle technology, and skills of physicians are unparalleled. The network of 6,000 hospital, 32 million hospitalized, 16 million outpatient surgeries, 1 billion physician, ED and OPD visits yearly are remarkable numbers. This 40years old system needs tweaking for our 300 million people to achieve fairness and equity. They are a Medicare system for all, no fee-for services payment,yearly payments to all hospitals, physicians other health care workers.

[carvet1937]

I am so glad I do live in Germany :-)

[cowboycarl04]

As someone who lives in Germany... what are some of the big differences in taxes and government role between the US and Germany... for me, I make around $50,000 per year. I can't afford a home, but I can afford an apartment about 10 miles out from a major city. Exactly 25% of my salary is removed for federal taxes, and in my position, I get nothing back in return.

What is Germany like? Very curious and any information would be nice to hear... thanks

Carl

[prrolg]

Thank you Prof. Irwin Corey. You've really polished it up.

[RiseUpAmerica]

Don't worry about the cost to transition to personal accounts we can do it off-budget just like we solved the potential 2001-2002 recession/depression problem by lowering interest rates and devaluing the dollar. In fact we can do it for just 6% of what that cost us.

[RiseUpAmerica]

Democrats and Republicans are content to take 15.3% of the poor and middle class worker's income for 40 years instead of forcing him to invest those monies in the economy and become a millionaire at retirement. Capitalism can make the poor rich and cut the size of government in half. - Dick McDonald

[RiseUpAmerica]

We should take the $1.3 trillion in payroll taxes put them in the taxpayer's own personal investment account, invest them in indexed stock and bond funds and earn the 12.8% the S&P 500 has returned annually for 30 continual years and become millionaires and finance our own retirement - Dick McDonald.

[Oquendo52]

Wow, I wish I understood money like you do.