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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAARP's new ad: The age tax would force Americans ages 50-64 to pay thousands of $$$ more
for health care. Tell Congress #NoAgeTax!
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dalton99a
(81,565 posts)flamingdem
(39,314 posts)that the elderly would get dumped on so much with Ryan's charming plan
dalton99a
(81,565 posts)Deb
(3,742 posts)yes indeedy
You're onto something - maybe write to AARP - they could use that!
PsychoBabble
(837 posts)Warpy
(111,317 posts)because corporations don't like people over 50 who might be making the maximum salary or who might be developing health issues that drive corporate health costs. Trust me, they've got their own actuarial tables to tell them when each worker should get the boot.
So a population surviving on a patchwork of dead end jobs until they can get reduced Social Security at 62 is suddenly going to be asked to pay thousands more in insurance premiums. Oh, yeah, that's going to work out really well for all of us.
This is the Drop Dead Act.
progressoid
(49,992 posts)??? How did it jump from 3K to 18K?
flamingdem
(39,314 posts)so why not make it more memorable
ProfessorGAC
(65,134 posts)Where did the 3,000 come from? If it goes up 3 grand and it was 15, it would go to 18. No?
progressoid
(49,992 posts)I understand the need to be dramatic to emphasize their point, but it's misleading. If we are to assume they are implying that people are currently paying 15K a year in premiums, then his little log chart shows an increase of 10K not 3K.
ProfessorGAC
(65,134 posts)I had to cut the playback short because i had to get to a meeting yesterday. I simply missed the piece you were talking about until much later.
Thanks, and i agree.
Demsrule86
(68,632 posts)Demsrule86
(68,632 posts)flamingdem
(39,314 posts)Thanks
Demsrule86
(68,632 posts)Call people.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)taught_me_patience
(5,477 posts)Reap what you sow. This is what this age demographic wanted.