Old people should commit suicide
 

Senior benefit costs rise 24% since 2000

The cost of government benefits for seniors soared to a record $27,289 per senior in 2007, according to a USA TODAY analysis.

?Medicare experienced the most explosive growth from 2000 to 2007. The Medicare prescription drug benefit, started in 2006, accounts for about one-fourth of the increase in Medicare, which provides health benefits for people 65 and older.

gee whose idea was that?



?The cost of senior benefits is equal to $10,673 for every non-senior household.

About the same as yearly income of people working 40 hours a week at the old minimum wage of $5.15.



?About 35% of the federal budget is spent on senior benefits, up from 32% in 2004.

At that rate it'll be 50% in 2022.


http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...-seniors_N.htm

I thought socialism worked :disgust

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:Oh crap

why would they want to kill of those that vote?

but do you think they should be able to use a gun to do it?
;-)))

It does. The old farts get such good care they live to 113.

Too messy and their hands shake so much they'll probably miss. They could just OD on those scripts I'm paying for. You know do a Heath Ledger.

It does. What you have in the US is nothing close to socialism.

Doesn't this woman look so happy to be 113?

http://i.usatoday.net/news/_photos/2...4/seniorsx.jpg

She's probably thinking "Please smother me with a pillow."

Wooowww, my father owns nursing homes ya jerk

You know nursing homes are notorius for giving poor care and sexual abuse

I would rather be dead than have someone having to take care of me

when you can no longer wipe your own ass, you are a burden on society. If you can not pay for someone to babysit you until you go, you should bag yourself. And yes, I support "Dr. Death"

(this may sound cold hearted but so is making steak)

Old farts have been paying into medicare for ever and ever so I guess we are entitled to payback. Almost 18% of my earnings get taken off the top for social Security and Medicare. That is before income tax. People never think about that theft from paychecks when they discuss how low income taxes are in the US of A.

Thats a stereotype that isnt true.. Well i guess it depends on location as well as the nursing home..

fucken old fucken fucks

Actually Medicare didn't start until the 1960's.

No it's not 18%. It's 7.65% 6.25% for SS and 1.4% for Medicare. Back when these old fuckers were working that % was MUCH lower. The average current SS recipient has gotten back that he has paid into the system within 3 years or less.

Young people should work harder to make more money to pay more to support older people better! Yea old people!

Yeah, wait until it's your father who can't wipe his ass and then let's see how you feel.

Recently my best friend's father died. I was pretty close to him; He was the closest thing I had to a father being as my father died when I was an infant. Everyone knew his health wasn't well but when the final slide came it came quickly and it ripped the family apart. A simple fall in the shower led to a broken bone which put him in the hospital which was too much of a shock to his mental state. Suddenly he couldn't remember who his own kids were, or who his wife of forty years was. On one hand he was tired of the visits to a nursing home to visit a father who didn't remember him, but yet no one wanted to see their father die.

I mean, I'm good. I have no parents; I'm a bastard child so I'm never going to have worry about careing for my parents. But when your father can't whipe his own ass, well, remember this thread, and you'll see things from the other side.

I like old people, they make easy targets to throw water bombs at.