Opinion- 'Civil War of the Ages' looms in the future

David Kolb: Rep. Ryan's kill-Medicare plan claims its first victims

Published: Wednesday, May 25, 2011, 7:17 AM

By David Kolb | The Muskegon ChronicleThe Muskegon Chronicle

At least twice last week, the Republican plans to destroy Medicare (as we know it) took a large chunk out of the after-quarters of some big names in the GOP presidential field.
One of the recipients of the chomping was the author of the plan himself, Congressman Paul Ryan. Another victim of the snapping jaws was former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
Republicans have bigger troubles ahead than their screwed-up presidential field. Not that I care, but it's interesting, politically speaking.
Ryan, the Wisconsin Republican congressman who wrote his party's now-notorious scheme to turn the government's beloved Medicare health care program for seniors into an underfunded voucher plan, took ...
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my comment:

Our Federal entitlement programs are all unsustainable, much because of the fox in the henhouse daily. Teaparty wants the Federal Government to find it's way back to the Constitution. To do that we must map out a transition back. If we wait to fix our problem, the young people will not tolerate the taxation needed to sustain Entitlements and will demand they be eliminated, cold turkey. Thus, we must act now for the sake of the elderly and all for a secure future.

Paul Ryan has set in motion the beginnings of such action by providing the shift of Medicare from federal management to the private sector and at the same time making it affordable for the poor and funnelling out coverage for the rich via voucher system. Ryan has also repealed the portion of Obamacare that will cut 500 Billion dollars from medicare to another program which will bring into work the rationing Boards already set up. It has been admitted by liberal lawmakers that the purpose of the rationing is to allow more funds for other programs, youthful ones. You tell me who is threatening seniors.

We need to move to State mandated privately owned HSA/IRAs, locally invested to replace Social Security and Fed. Healthcare. This will work as it takes out of the equation the Government fingers in your savings. President Reagan fixed Social Security, but Congress simply stole the funds leaving an IOU which incidental is not being recorded as part of the 14 trillion dollar debt. We are closer to 80 trillion in debt and growing. We need to get back tot he Constitution and get the Federal tax out of where it is now hidden, in the price, to which we who work pay twice by not buying imports, Huh, jobs by changing the tax structure, ironic.

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If everyone knew all there is to know, they would not do half the things they do, including myself, therefore I must forgive them, including myself.