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reefraff http:///t/397098/sure-you-can-have-health-insurance-not-sure-how-you-will-pay-for-it/140#post_3539535
First off someone working full time earning minimum wage (less than 2% of the workforce) earns 15K a year. You also ignore the fact that someone sitting home on their butt has zero chance of working their way up the wage ladder. Someone working a job still qualifies for food stamps. If they have a kid they qualify for Earned Income and the 1000.00 per child tax credit. Free cell phone, utility assistance, School lunch for the kid(s) section 8 housing etc.
The physical evidence supports the story Zimmerman told the cops not more than a minute after he fired the shot. Do you REALLY think that idiot was smart enough to concoct a story that quick?
I guess you don't know how Medicare works... 2.9% of your pay (3.8 for those earning over 200K now) goes to part A, hospitalization. And in your figures you didn't account for 45 or more years of compound interest on the money being paid into the system. Part B which covers doctors visits and routine care is paid monthly once you retire, should you choose to buy it.
Excuse me. $3K makes such a HUGE difference in today's economy.
Working their way up the ladder? What, from fry cooker to running the cashier?
Go look at your Medicare account and see how much is in it. Who cares how much compound interest is being paid into the system? That doesn't go into your personal account. Medicare is one of the largest and most bloated federal programs we have. The main reason it's costs have exploded over the last couple of decades is because people are living longer. You have people on that program going on 15 years, spending more than $20K/year in healthcare costs. There's absolutely no way they have put in more than they're taking out. As far as Part B, like I said, half the elderly population rely on their only source of income, which is SS. The majority of them are living in nursing homes, and their entire check goes to pay for staying there. So there's no money to pay for Part B.
The Zimmerman crap has been beat to death. You'll never convince his supporters he did anything wrong. Bottom line, he stereotyped some Black kid walking down the street minding his own business, and because he was "packin'", he thought he could intimidate the kid and confront him when he should have stayed in his car and waited for the cops to show up if he really had evidence the kid was up to no good. If he wouldn't had a gun on him I guarantee you he would've never gotten out of the car. What no one knows, and will never know, is who threw the first punch, or what was said to cause Martin to stand his ground to protect himself from some stranger confronting him in the night. Let me ask you - If you were walking down your neighborhood sidewalk minding your own business, you're unarmed, and some guy walks up behind you saying "Hey, what are you doing?", what would you have done? When you faced the guy, and you saw he was caring a firearm, but he hadn't pulled it out yet, would you turn and run, hoping he didn't shoot you in the back, or would you stand your ground, and if the opportunity arose, nail the guy with a punch and hopefully put him down so you could disarm him?