WTF is wrong with Democrats that want to cut Social Security and/or Medicare?

[airplaneman]

229. K&R I agree 100%

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SS + Medicare should be easy to fix.
-Make taxes broad based and fair and progressive for the rich - people at the poverty level pay zero (not the rich).
-Tax any form of wealth creation at the same rate as wages again progressive for the rich.
The bullshit that wages are always taxed but other forms of wealth creation are either taxed at a much lower rate or not at all needs to be stopped.
-Tax all stock and derivative trades at 1%.
-Get transparency in medical costs and be like the rest of the world.
I have a good example. It costs about $300 to get an MRI in France or Canada. My mother in law just got one and the bill was $12,000 with her Medicare share being $1,100.
-Reduce military spending and be more like the rest of the world.
In 2000 we spent $350 billion on the military, homeland security, and TSA. The figure today is $800 billion and Romney wants to increase that number. We spend more than the rest of the world combined.
Its just a matter of getting real and dealing with the problem - we should be like the rest of the world and not a gross and disgusting exception.
-Airplane