Medicare Premiums and Other Musings

The private insurance one buys is usually based on market value, demand, etc. But, when the government forces you to buy insurance, well, it takes on a whole different "value."

At this site http://questions.medicare.gov/cgi-bin/medicare.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2100 the government says Part B premium is $96.40 per month.
Ah, but notice the asterisk. (Part B: (Medical Insurance) Premium$96.40 per month*)

Scrolling down to the asterisk one reads this, --*Note: If your income is above $85,000 (single) or $170,000 (married couple), then your Medicare Part B premium may be higher than $96.40 per month. For additional details, see our FAQ titled: "Medicare Part B Monthly Premiums in 2009"-

And the link will lead you to a page that has the "real" progressive premiums for those of you who might have worked two jobs and saved your money for a better life. Now you are being punished for your effort. If you are married but you file a separate tax return from your spouse and your yearly Income is above $128,000, your premiums will be a whopping $308.30 per month, more than 3 times the minimum. If you are unmarried and single you will pay a monthly premium of $308.30 for an income of over $213,000.

Imagine a business that tells its customers the price for a product or service will be based on their income! The business would not survive, unless it could use force on its customers and tell them they must pay for the product, and they must use the product. The government is a mob because it uses force and aggression against its customers.

Could an airline charge an obese person more for a ticket because it requires more fuel to carry extra weight? No, don't even try it. The government is the only organization that has the power to discriminate.
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("In one week, we can choose hope over fear, unity over division, the promise of change over the power of the status quo," Obama said. "We can come together as one nation, and one people, and once more choose our better history. That's what's at stake.""Unity over division.")

Same meaning, different words, when George Bush said he was a uniter, not a divider. If one lived a thousand years they would eventually learn that speeches from popes, kings and politicians are all the same.
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("In one week, at this defining moment in history, you can give this country the change we need," he (Obama) says in prepared remarks. "As I've said from the day we began this journey all those months ago, the change we need isn't just about new programs and policies. It's about a new politics - a politics that calls on our better angels instead of encouraging our worst instincts; one that reminds us of the obligations we have to ourselves and one another.")

Senator Obama, you mean we will be obligated to the government mob don't you Senator? And you will make sure some are obligated more than others. We make millions of voluntary obligations each day among ourselves that are in our best interest. You sir, want to force obligations on us that are in your best interest.

("What we have lost in these last eight years cannot be measured by lost wages or bigger trade deficits alone," he (Obama) said, "What has also been lost is the idea that in this American story, each of us has a role to play. Each of us has a responsibility to work hard and look after ourselves and our families, and each of us has a responsibility to our fellow citizens. That's what's been lost these last eight years - our sense of common purpose; of higher purpose. And that's what we need to restore right now." "And I'll help pay for this by asking the folks who are making more than $250,000 a year to go back to the tax rate they were paying in the 1990s.")

Asking?? You mean you will use force and aggressions on them to confiscate their production don't you Senator Obama? Why did you not tell your followers you would use "force" instead of asking? Your crowd would have foamed at their mouths with delirium, the same orgiastic crowd behavior when George Bush started to beat his war drums a few months after he was elected.

Obama has made another great speech. With his orations he has become the Messiah. Only the naive believes he can deliver. They live on hope. Their future is only an illusion. It is not reality. Eight years of listening to Obama's sophistry and platitudes will shorten my life, so I will try to avoid listening.

Bilbo Baggins