So the AARP has endorsed the new Medicare drug bill? I've already seen their snazzy new TV ad touting that "it's not perfect, but we'll keep working on it." As a Cubs fan, I say - HAHAHAHA!! We're been working on the fucking World Series for 95 years. Let's not go down the same road folks. But seriously...the GOP is all "hey, we're caring, really! Look, we're doing what the Dems usually do." Um, no.
If you look at the groups that are endorsing the new Medicare bill, you can see mostly gender-nuetral or male organizations. The AARP is currently being run by a former GOP'er. Yet, the a lot of the organizations that are against the Medicare bill are
women's organizations like OWL and NCWO.
Why is that significant? Are women just more greedy? Do we want more from the government? The fact is that women make up more of the senior population. Women are more affected by Medicare decisions. Women are less likely to be able to buy into a more expensive health care plan, thus more reliant on Medicare and other government programs.
The women who are drawing from Social Security and Medicare right now are let's say 70 years old. That means that when they were having kids - 45 years ago in 1958 - most of them weren't working outside the home. If they were, they were in crappy jobs that paid crap or paid them less because they were a woman. This serverely affects how much money they draw in their Social Security checks and let's not even assume they worked for a company that gave them a retirement fund.
The women who are most in need of government help today raised the men who are running the world, the companies, our government. And this is how they are being repaid? SHAME!
Someone should find the mothers, aunts, older cousins of every person who votes for this crappy bill and ask them how they feel about it. Maybe even the girl who babysat this greedy fucks while mom was still at the factory or even the teacher who taught the scumbags to read. How's that for being ungrateful?