kasey simpson wrote: > Vince, > Just how much SS did this man and woman pay that they > will never see?
Social Security payments are capped, no one pays any additional over a certain dollar amount, somewhere - I think and I may be wrong but not I think by much - in the mid $60,000s of annual income. > How much tax have they poured into the system > that they will never see? How many years did they work and do > without so they could retire? They scam the system? Yes, they scam. What we are taking about here is Medicaid, not Social Security. They are able to shelter their assets and thus claim that they have no assets and receive Medicaid that is intended for the poor. It is all legal. Our office does this because it is legal. It is smart financial planning. But why shouldn't this couple have to pay their own medical expenses? Why should my tax dollars pay for their Medicaid benefits when they have the money sheltered to give to their heirs outside of the system? In other words, Medicaid is paid for the poor, and for those who have enough wealth to qualify by sheltering assets. Who is without Medicaid? The working poor, the working class, the lower middle class. > There wouldn't > be a system without them. But I guess they should keep giving to > the system, and paying the taxes, and their kids can pay the taxes > so we can fund more of the endless, mindless programs. No, Kasey, these people are getting a means tested benefit that they do not qualify for other than by sheltering income. If this were a poor couple getting extra benefits, they have been called "welfare queens." When the moderately wealthy and rich get extra benefits it is called "smart financial planning." Set your rhetoric aside, stop giving speeches, and consider: Who is without Medicaid? The working poor, the working class, the lower middle class. All we have to do is extend Medicaid to everyone, because EVERYONE does pay into it, it is just that the working poor and the working class do not get the benefit of what they have paid for. The solution? Give it to everyone. That is universal health care, a system I prefer to the current program of health care for the rich. Vince
