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So what do you want to replace Medicare with, JEB!? I don't thin many people remember why Medicare came into place. In the 1950s and 1960s, once you reached 65, health insurance was virtually unobtainable. Poor and even middle class retirees and workers were being ruined by the cost of health care, which was a pittance compared to health care costs today. Without some form of subsidized health insurance for people over 65, how many people could afford the cost of cancer treatment, heart surgery, or the cost of a chronic illness?

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Oh oh oh! Pick me! Pick me! I know the fix for the Medicare funding problem. I know this sounds cray cray, but what if... wait for it... what if we taxed the annual income above the first $102K just like the income under that amount? Sound nutso, I know, but like Mikey, let's give it a try!

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Do you have a link to Franken opposing raising the income cap? That seems rather out of character for him.

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I love the term 'me-maw.' I'm going to culturally appropriate it from the South.

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I think what he meant was "Lets make it apply to the first $150,000, then the first $150,000 over $1 million and so on."

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Don't you read your Bible? Goberment Bad, therefore stealing from Goberment Good. It keeps Goberment from doing all its Bad.

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Yep. The health care system India has works fine. And Mother Theresa's outfit will make sure you don't die in the street, because that would be unsightly.

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Duggars on the brain? That sounds serious. I suggest Salversan, or Mercury.

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Or, restated as a basic Republican Axiom, them as has gets.

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That's part of Jeb!'s vision. He's letting it dribble out a bit at a time because it is so very disgusting when you see it all at once.

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They talk like this among themselves. I know. I went to a Chamber of Commerce lunch once.

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Exactamundo. I probably didn't explain that as clearly as the Senator does. He calls it the Franken doughnut, I seem to recall. But even with the enticing name, the right refuse any deal in favor of neglecting the problem and sowing panic. About all they seem capable of doing.

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While youse guys are worrying about The Un-Donald, the adults are worrying about the Un-Jeb!

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Aaahhh, that does make more sense. Personally, I'd like to see the cap eradicated and just make it 3% of however many gazillions people make per year, but I'm just a stupid commie who loves trees, fetal parts, and gays. I guess all the gazillionaire job creators would pack up and move to Timbuktoo or something if we made them pay anything though.

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if these fucks would leave medicare to the adults{ ie not republicans} it will get figured out course iffin the olds just keep working until they are super old and die they wont need medicare and that money they paid in for it can be used to fix a road or bomb Iran for Bibi the jew and aint that really more important than being healthy gheesh fucking takers everywhere takers

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I'm hoping your choice of bat would be a Louisville Slugger - Stan Musial model. I know, that's old school - but I don't think you need to get all Medieval on Jeb!'s volunteers. I'm thinking 50's era ash Louisville slugger would do just fine. You don't want to go with the newfangled maple bats because they would just shatter on the first Jeb! volunteer

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