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Did you see the guy at the townhall meeting screaming about government getting their hands on his Medicare?

It was hilarious. This senior protesting at the meeting saying "Keep governments hands off my medicare!" When the speaker tried to gently inform him that his precious Medicare IS a government program, he refused to believe it.

Does ideology trump reality?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    For some people, yes. Fighting against their own self interest is so sad.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The idiology comes when a person fails to recognize the many hands of government, the

    problem with liberals, they want government in

    the massaging business on every little ache and pain they have. Medicare is a federal fund workers are mandated to pay into, liberals are not used to work, they think it's a welfare check

    due them once a month!

  • Sounds like my mother....She thinks because she pays for medicare it's private....well technically it is through a private insurer....they won the bid for the contract with the government. Confusing for some people I guess.

  • logan
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    FOX news, right wing talking heads and all of their propaganda and lies trump reality for some. It's really very sad. I hope these people wake up soon, the longer it takes for them to realize that they are merely pawns in all of this the worse off it will be for them personally.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It just goes to show how gullible and manipulable these jackoffs in these town meetings really are. They think they are being patriotic and defending the ideals of America, but have no idea they are merely pawns in a political chess game being used by lobbyist paid by insurance companies. Why are they so damn stupid!

  • 1 decade ago

    The government WILL be tampering with Medicare under Obamacare, specifically by denying medical services and diverting the resources elsewhere.

  • 1 decade ago

    it was hilarious. These folks are certifiable. Like their Congressional overlords who gin them on. Still, kinda pathetic that folks are actually this ignorant. Dumbs down the country.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Considering that Obama will cut Medicare by $500,000,000,000 to pay for his health plan, there is cause for people on Medicare to be worried.

  • 1 decade ago

    For Republicans - yep.

  • guy
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    bahahaha that's hilarious. Is the video on youtube somewhere?

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