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you don't think government spending benefits anyone but politicians? So for instance, medicare only benefits politicians?
by trotsky 13y ago
you don't think government spending benefits anyone but politicians? So for instance, medicare only benefits politicians?
- mseebach 13y agoWell, Medicare is underfunded to the tune of $38T. If all of Google and Apple was liquified at current market cap and put towards funding that liability, it would be underfunded by at little more than $37T. Retroactively cancelling the Iraq and Afghanistan wars would give you cash to knock the number down to $36T. Of course people benefiting from Medicare benefits from Medicare, but "championing" Medicare benefits only politicians, because they know better than anyone else that it's going to go away, soon, but they'll happily lie about it in order to get reelected while they wait for it to happen.
- trotsky 13y agoBy the same token wouldn't farming be worthless because we know the sun will explode in the future?