Most Americans think we can keep entitlement programs as they are but there simply is not enough money in the world to pay for it all. The result is printing money to buy our own debt which is what is happening at the federal reserve right now. That will lead to hyperinflation and the loss of retirement and savings value.
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Obi-Wan Berwick Rears His Head Again
[T]he doctor is counting on his powers of “influence” being so strong that “weak-minded” Americans don’t notice his duplicitous behavior.
Ryan’s Way Is the Better Way
[Medicare] would have to be given at least $45 trillion now to cover all shortfalls for as far out as can reasonably be projected. And some estimates say it would take closer to $90 trillion.
What is really driving America into insolvency?
Not Tax Cuts, Not Wars, and Not Bailouts – NRO
Debt tsunami is here and Obama is the earthquake
Rep. Peter Roskam explains that a tidal wave of debt is poised to destroy the social safety net programs millions of Americans rely on and create a less prosperous future for our kids and grandkids.
Paul Ryan on Obama: “We Don’t Need a Good Politician – We Need a Strong Leader”
“We know for a fact that we’re giving our children and grandchildren a lower standard of living.” “Where the president has failed to lead we are going to lead.”
Berwicked lies to congress
Obama’s head of Medicare and Medicaid, the contemptible Dr. Donald Berwick, crawled out of his Beltway cave a few weeks ago to testify at a hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee.
No Waiver from Reality for Rep. Weiner
Now that it’s done, proponents of socialized medicine have run into another problem: Reality. Not political reality, but plain hard facts. One hard fact is that you cannot get something for nothing.
Chief Medicare Actuary on Obamacare claims “I would say false, more so than true”
At a House Budget Committee hearing earlier today, Medicare’s Chief Actuary Rick Foster provided a concise, damaging verdict on two key promises of the health care law’s proponents. McCLINTOCK: “True or false: The two principle promises that were made in support of Obamacare were one, that it would hold costs down. True or false?” FOSTER: “I would say false, more so than true.” McCLINTOCK: “The other promise… was the promise that if you like your plan, you can keep it. True or false?” FOSTER: “Not true in all cases.”
Obama Resurrects ‘Death Panels’ in New Medicare Regs
Congressional supporters of the new policy knew it was coming, but kept quiet, according to the NYT for fear of provoking “another furor like the one in 2009 when Republicans seized on the idea of end-of-life counseling to argue that the Democrats’ bill would allow the government to cut off care for the critically ill.”