“(2) The Democrats’ non-plan does the opposite. It has already slashed more than half-a-trillion dollars (Update: $741 Billion, according to the latest CBO score) from Medicare to fund Obamacare, and it has established an unaccountable and extremely powerful bureaucratic board to ration care in order to keep costs down. To repeat, current seniors have already seen their Medicare cut by President Obama, not Republicans.
(3) Medicare’s own accountants have calculated that Medicare will be insolvent within 12 years. As Democrats claim that Romney and Ryan want to “kill Medicare” or “end Medicare as we know it,” they fail to mention that the calendar and basic arithmetic will do that in the face of inaction. Doing nothing is President Obama’s plan because it tempts voters with the illusion that everything is going to be just fine, and that he’s protecting them from “draconian cuts.” He hopes this charade will get him through the election cycle. But reality is gaining on us. Medicare “as we know it” will be obliterated for generations to come unless we start making changes for the future, while shielding people currently at or near retirement from any switch.”
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(3) Medicare’s own accountants have calculated that Medicare will be insolvent within 12 years. As Democrats claim that Romney and Ryan want to “kill Medicare” or “end Medicare as we know it,” they fail to mention that the calendar and basic arithmetic will do that in the face of inaction. Doing nothing is President Obama’s plan because it tempts voters with the illusion that everything is going to be just fine, and that he’s protecting them from “draconian cuts.” He hopes this charade will get him through the election cycle. But reality is gaining on us. Medicare “as we know it” will be obliterated for generations to come unless we start making changes for the future, while shielding people currently at or near retirement from any switch.”
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It Begins: Democrats Repeat ‘Lie of the Year’ on Medicare - Guy Benson
Democrats cut Medicare by $741 billion…but that constitutes doing nothing. And because a program will become insolvent in 12 years if nothing is done (which is the opposite of what they say Democrats have done), ANY change made by Republicans, no matter how awful or poorly thought out, is apparently to be praised and any criticism of how awful it is must be a lie, even if it’s completely true.
Right.