Comments on: Thinking About Tomorrow

By: Necdet Icten

Necdet Icten — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:35:14 +0000

One more click I found this, thank you, god knows where I will be after this.

By: Entitlement Madness, Part II | John Goodman | NCPA

Entitlement Madness, Part II | John Goodman | NCPA — Mon, 11 May 2009 15:30:58 +0000

[...] Trust fund IOUs that the government has written to itself. So to cover these deficits, we will need one in ten income tax dollars in 2012, one in four by 2020 and one in two by [...]

By: Chris Ewin, MD

Chris Ewin, MD — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:04:12 +0000

“Decouple Primary Care” Sounds like direct practices (direct financial relationships with patients) for primary care physicians will be in high demand.

By: Brent

Brent — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:50:17 +0000

Hey folks. All these estimates are conservative. They comletely ignore the belief among aging experts that within our lifetime, people are going to live as long as 150 years.

By: dorothy r

dorothy r — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:45:27 +0000

It is my understanding that all the Congress is in a private plan, while legislating the above mentioned programs. How about requiring those private funds to be placed in the public sector, so that the people making the rules are subject to the rules? Would help debt and accountablity. Makes sense to me.

By: Dave Racer

Dave Racer — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:01:34 +0000

John, I wanted to share something written by a 15-year old in a paper she submitted to me, about creeping socialism.

“Another step to socialism is healthcare; it is a prime example of a way that the government is turning toward Marxism. To most conservatives’ chagrin, it is not only Democrats that support healthcare becoming socialized, but Republicans also. Although most Republicans choose to take another route to socialized healthcare, it always ends up the same and is therefore no different from following the liberal plan. Socialized healthcare is just another thing for the government to control, and another way for government to get involved in the economy. When all is said and done, we will look back and see that socialism took root not all at once, but by a centimeter, an inch, and a foot.” Tatiana Bluel, student of American Government-For Real, YEAH Academy, Dec. 2008.

Even a child sees the danger herein.

Of course, I began writing about creeping socialism in 1962, in ninth grade, so you would expect I would like this paragraph.

By: david

david — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:16:02 +0000

Maybe avian flu pandemic will set things in balance.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:41:55 +0000

I’m almost 63, so I’ve come up with plan B:

1. Work as long as I can, in a job wwith health insurance as a benefit.

2. Then die.

By: Bart Ingles

Bart Ingles — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:55:26 +0000

It’s hard for me to imagine any effective Social Security fix that isn’t based on COLA reform. Medicare is completely over my head.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:48:59 +0000

This is very important information. I hope it gets a lot of exposure.