dc koop

Wealth envy is a waste of time. The rich live their life styles and they'll never give you any of their money anyway so why bother about it. I pulled myself up by the boot straps and I'm no genius. My son in law, part Mexican likes to tell the story of his great grand parents who sneaked across the Rio Grande, hiked their way to California and worked in the farm fields. Their son fought in WW2 in Europe and was discharged as a master sergeant at the end. My S.in.Ls father served in the LAPD for many years and ended up as a detective lieutenant and his son, my daughter's husband became a Captain in the USAF.

There is an actual shortage in such trades as welders, carpenters, bricklayers, roofers the manual trades that pay pretty well Young people these days after graduating from college prefer the more academic professions
Many junior colleges offer courses in the manual trades. The opportunities are there still. It just needs the will to make the effort

dc koop

You're a bit more affluent than me then. I find the entrance fee to Disney a bit unreasonable so haven't been for a number of years. The food is crappy and over priced also but the rest is great fun, no argument there.

I'll give an older homeless person money but not some strapping young guy who looks as if he could do an honest days work. Donating to St Jude's hospital for kids with cancer to me is more rewarding

Ingles

Ingles

It seems Christopher Steele has even more info that has yet to be released.

https://dailysoundandfury.com/steele...m_campaign=tti

zargof

M4A will cover dental and vision as well, so it would be better coverage than she already gets.

scrubbedexpat099

Within the current premium structure?

Anian

It's pretty funny how it has been revealed how much of a personal relationship Steele had with Ivanka. Maybe that's why Trump hates him so much. Or is Trump going to deny knowing Ivanka?

zargof

Not sure what you're asking as there wouldn't be any premiums with M4A.

civilservant

There are premiums right now, they just have different names. Doesn't make them coming directly out of someones SS check hurt any less though.

scrubbedexpat099

So about $1,000 a month extra for every retired person, wow. What's not to like.

So why would anybody want to keep their policy when they get much wider cover for free?

zargof

Well I assume taxes on SS income would also go up, but not by that amount.
Because people would rather pay more for less benefits if they also have the illusion of choice. It's the American way.

scrubbedexpat099

Well the average US retiree household has an income of about $48,000, so if we assume 2 that is a benefit of about 50%, they already of course pay taxes so not sure how much extra could be raised.

Giantaxe

What happens to the current Medicare trust fund?

Giantaxe

I'm going to posit there's more to the Ivanka - Steele story than we currently know.

zargof

My understanding is that it would be rolled into a new universal trust fund that would pay for all the current and additional healthcare programs.