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Someone with some superior intelligence explain this to me... - BIRD33 - 03-11-2010

How was medicare going to pay for itself?

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Someone with some superior intelligence explain this to me... - phantom - 03-11-2010

There is this thing called a medicare tax.

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Someone with some superior intelligence explain this to me... - BIRD33 - 03-11-2010

phantom Wrote:There is this thing called a medicare tax.

But knowing the cost of healthcare and how it rises was it ever conceived as a money maker?

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Someone with some superior intelligence explain this to me... - phantom - 03-12-2010

BIRD33 Wrote:But knowing the cost of healthcare and how it rises was it ever conceived as a money maker?

I think they tried to make it pay for itself, but like social security it's just a big pyramid schemes with new people working paying for the ones drawing benefits. Like all pyramid schemes it will someday crash.

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Someone with some superior intelligence explain this to me... - Blondie - 03-12-2010

Father Juan Wrote:I'd say at least a good 90% of billing is done by mail, not to mention advertising. Holidays, birthdays etc. are huge for mail.

I don't know anyone that pays bills via mail anymore.

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Someone with some superior intelligence explain this to me... - WoolyGoat - 03-12-2010

Father Juan Wrote:I'd say at least a good 90% of billing is done by mail, not to mention advertising. Holidays, birthdays etc. are huge for mail.

you're defending junk mail?

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Someone with some superior intelligence explain this to me... - Token - 03-12-2010

I make my car payments by mail, because I like the paper trail. Everything else is electronic.

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Someone with some superior intelligence explain this to me... - BIRD33 - 03-12-2010

WoolyGoat Wrote:you're defending junk mail?

I used to to get angry at all the wasted paper I get in the mail for ads or coupons.Thought it was retarded to think anyone would buy something based on it showing up in their mailbox.I was talking to a friend who does tile work out west and he was breaking down his monthly budget since he works for himself.He spends $800 a month on mailers to 3 or 4 different counties around where he works.It blew me away.I was like you've got to be kidding me what a waste.He told me his sales are almost 75% based off the mailers.It looks wasteful but people actually use it.

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Someone with some superior intelligence explain this to me... - Father Juan - 03-12-2010

Blondie Wrote:I don't know anyone that pays bills via mail anymore.

I said billing, not paying bills...big difference.

WoolyGoat Wrote:you're defending junk mail?

No, but advertising is where it's at.

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Someone with some superior intelligence explain this to me... - who - 03-12-2010

Anhil8tor Wrote:Medicare.... bankrupt

Medicaid.... bankrupt

Social Security... bankrupt

Post Office.... bankrupt


At what point do we honestly believe that government can run anything correctly? I mean does anyone honestly believe government can run health care better than any of the other programs?

the battle between states and the feds has been going on since day 1,

our military budget is more than the rest of the world combined,

at some point an adjustment will need to be made

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Someone with some superior intelligence explain this to me... - spunky - 03-12-2010

i just made an adjusment, wanna smell my fingers?

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Someone with some superior intelligence explain this to me... - squirt - 03-12-2010

Some bills I pay by snail mail, some via online, and some via automation (telephone).

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