Barack Obama: Social Security and Medicare

Illinois Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama met with The Des Moines Register editorial board Monday, June 18. Obama talks about two large government programs - Social Security and Medicare - and their financial stability.

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[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]

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

[vipaccessonly]

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

[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

[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

[Takedownman]

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

[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.