Via America for Purchase: FDR New Deal, Truman Fair Deal, Republicans Raw Deal

 

“And no longer will this Nation refuse the hand of justice to those who have given a lifetime of service and wisdom and labor to the progress of this progressive country.” “Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, to thy needy, in thy land.” – President Lyndon B Johnson, 1965 upon the signing of Medicare bill.

For decades, American families have counted on LBJ’s basic promise that a secure retirement is the reward for a lifetime of labor.  There were no caveats, just people paying into a program that would benefit them when they retired; a program that would not bankrupt seniors, their children or their families. 

On April 15, 2011, Republicans and their Koch Brothers Corporate Tea Party power brokers, launched an all out attack on Seniors, women, the poor and children in America, seeking to deprive them of this basic life preserving benefit, as they voted almost unanimously to phase out Medicare and leave seniors entirely at the mercy of the large Wall Street health insurance companies.  Republicans also voted on keeping many of the Medicare cuts they once criticized.  As aptly written by Forbes, the GOP is launching a multi-pronged attack on Senior Citizens!

This draconian Republican plan authored by Tea Party Republican Paul Ryan, does not “reform” Medicare nor does it provide seniors with the same coverage Members of Congress receive, the Republican plan ends Medicare, period.

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