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So has the cost of caring for old people but they don't complain about that.

• WarOnPrivacy 6y ago
  That's a brilliant point.
• wayneftw 6y ago
  Do public taxes pay for my care when I’m old? I thought we just got Social Security which is a fixed rate.
  • WarOnPrivacy 6y ago
    Medicare is one of our largest, non-discretionary outlays.
  • ptmcc 6y ago
    Yes, most seniors survive on Medicare. Our society has completely forgotten how prevalent and crushing elder poverty was prior to Social Security and Medicare being enacted. The majority of seniors in this country depend at least partially, if not wholly, on Medicare/SS to not be destitute and uncared for. The numbers for retirement/health savings for seniors beyond Medicare/SS are very bleak. And yet we are perpetually at risk of throwing it all away for some short-term political points.