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Ms. Toad

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2. Wrong direction. They should be eliminating the SS exemption for higher income individuals -

Reply to pnwmom (Original post)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 12:50 PM

Mar 2017

not adding one for Medicare.

(Although I don't now - I used to outrun the SS tax, and always thought it was bizarre that after a certain point I no longer had to pay into social security.)

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The new health care act also slashes funding for MEDICARE, not just Obamacare. [View all] pnwmom Mar 2017 OP

This is what Dems should run on.... 45 broken promises uponit7771 Mar 2017 #1

Wrong direction. They should be eliminating the SS exemption for higher income individuals - Ms. Toad Mar 2017 #2

I agree. n/t pnwmom Mar 2017 #3

The GOP plan would also restore the Medicare "donut hole." subterranean Mar 2017 #4

Yup. One more effort to weaken Medicare. nt pnwmom Mar 2017 #5