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Isn’t this just another Republican attack on government, slashing major benefit programs that so many people rely on?
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Why can’t we fix the entitlement issues with money being spent on the war?
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There are a lot of details in the plan about Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, but what about other areas of our Federal
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Does this plan reduce the budget deficit and national debt?
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HEALTH CARE, MEDICARE, MEDICAID |
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Doesn’t your plan simply dismantle Medicare and Medicaid as entitlements and put health care at risk for millions of poor people and the elderly who depend on
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More choices in Medicare will cause more headaches and confusion for seniors. Why not simply shore up the existing program, and assure beneficiaries they will get the coverage they have planned for?
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This plan puts a lot of faith in the ability of individuals to make decisions about buying health insurance. How does the plan assure people won’t get hoodwinked by insurance companies in making these complex choices? What evidence is there that people are capable of making these judgments?
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What does this plan do to ensure coverage for the chronically ill, such as those with HIV or cancer? How will they get coverage in the private market?
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Isn’t this privatization of Social Security just a warmed-over version of what the President proposed a few years ago – that failed to get even Republican
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Why not simply raise the cap on income subject to the payroll tax to make the program solvent?
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Considering the turbulence in the stock market, isn’t it unwise to turn seniors over to an uncertain market, and count on it for their retirement?
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The indexing schemes sound like fuzzy math. Why doesn’t the plan simplify benefits instead?
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Isn’t “modernizing the retirement age” just hiding the plan’s benefit cuts – by making people work longer before they can retire?
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AARP is the leading national advocate for seniors. How can you say this program is good for seniors if AARP doesn’t support it?
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Taxes
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Doesn’t this plan represent a huge tax cut for the rich by repealing the capital gains tax, dividend taxes, and the estate tax? Why give the rich a tax cut, when the government has such huge spending demands in the future?
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It seems this plan just replaces the Alternative Minimum Tax with another alternative way to pay taxes. Why not just have one way to pay
taxes?
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Doesn’t the BCT just hide the cost of government in the price of a product, the same way a sales tax does?
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Isn’t the BCT simply a European-style value-added tax [VAT]?
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What doest his plan do to stop the trend of shipping jobs overseas rather than product that are made in America?
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