Trump allies eye overhauling Medicaid, food stamps in tax legislation

[T. A. Gardner]

So would single payer. But we don't like those options. We like the pure profit-driven healthcare system.

No, monopolies never reduce costs. Single payer is the worst kind of monopoly, a government run one.

But you just told me that my record-breaking 401k returns over the last 4 years was "bad" economy. Which is it? During Biden my 401k rocketed to heights I never dreamed of.

Actually, your 401K likely didn't keep up with inflation. Mine certainly didn't and they grew massively.

And even then 401k's are just another means of "diy" ethos in industry. If they turn us all loose in the market and we aren't slick trader sharks we become the "funding" money that funds the games the rich and market sharks play. 401k's are NOT a good thing unless you are really good at the markets. And very few of us are.

401K's are for long-term investing. If you are so stupid to move your money constantly around chasing what you think is the best return, you are a fool.

Fixed benefit pensions were scary and sometimes expensive for companies so they made up the 401k scam and pushed everyone into it.

That's a corporation's choice, and one prospective employees can contract to make or pass on.

I'm sure you're super knowledgable about the markets and can read a P/E ratio like nobody's business, despite your overwhelming ignorance that you show on this forum every day. So I'm sure it will all work out for YOU. (LOL)

I know that inflation has totaled close to 20% in the last four years. If the stock market failed to keep up, it would be effectively losing money.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

There are a lot of MAGA morons who rely on the liberal social programs of Medicaid, food stamps, SS disability.

Says the psychotic... err, psychic... I'm sure you have the low down on everyone here.

 

[Hume]

There are a lot of MAGA morons who rely on the liberal social programs of Medicaid, food stamps, SS disability.

Yes, sad irony.

 

[NakedHunterBiden]

There are a lot of MAGA morons who rely on the liberal social programs of Medicaid, food stamps, SS disability.

Majority in red states. I say let's do it. Good luck getting those eggs! LOL

 

[Cypress]

Majority in red states. I say let's do it. Good luck getting those eggs! LOL

MAGA morons on JPP have been nervously telling me over the last week that their tangerine Messiah is actually a passionate defender of social security and the liberal programs many MAGAs are dependent on.

 

[NakedHunterBiden]

John Collins
‪@logicallyjc.bsky.social‬

Republicans want to cut $30 billion from SNAP, because nothing says “save the children” like starving them.
November 18, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Everybody can reply

 

[NakedHunterBiden]

The Tennessee Holler
‪@thetnholler.bsky.social‬

Grand Ol’ Priorities

 

[The Trump Administration]

John Collins
‪@logicallyjc.bsky.social‬

Republicans want to cut $30 billion from SNAP, because nothing says “save the children” like starving them.
November 18, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Everybody can reply

The House Agriculture Committee farm bill (if passed and signed into law) would return SNAP to the de facto policy prior to 2021, in which the cost of the TFP was adjusted only for inflation.

What's wrong with that?

I suggest you take a look at the composition of the Committee in question.

Committee Members | House Agriculture Committee

agriculture.house.gov

 

[NakedHunterBiden]

The

The House Agriculture Committee farm bill (if passed and signed into law) would return SNAP to the de facto policy prior to 2021, in which the cost of the TFP was adjusted only for inflation.

What's wrong with that?

I suggest you take a look at the composition of the Committee in question.

Committee Members | House Agriculture Committee

agriculture.house.gov

I'd suggest you leave me the fuck alone after your stalking of me yesterday. Demented Trash.

 

[The Trump Administration]

I'd suggest you leave me the fuck alone after your stalking of me yesterday. Demented Trash.

No. Cry more.

 

[The Trump Administration]

Meanwhile...


"While SNAP is a critical nutrition program for households in need, any level of erroneous payments is a misuse of taxpayer dollars. Today we learned that, with more than $10 billion in overpayments in 2023, the level of erroneous payments remains shockingly high. We are far removed from the pandemic, and it should no longer be used as a crutch.

States must get a better handle on the administration of SNAP, but USDA is the ultimate arbiter of this program. Secretary Vilsack needs to step up to the plate and stop making excuses for states that carelessly mishandle taxpayer dollars. USDA must intensify their oversight of states and stop distancing themselves from the administration of SNAP.

House and Senate Republicans stand ready to ensure the next farm bill takes steps to mitigate these occurrences, restore program integrity, and hold states accountable for exploiting the generosity of the American taxpayer."

Thompson, Boozman Statement on FY 2023 SNAP Error Rate

agriculture.house.gov

 

[NakedHunterBiden]

No. Cry more.

You are going to have to find someone else who will be willing to read from you because it's no longer me. Hasta until your next reincarnation.

 

[Daylight63]

No, monopolies never reduce costs. Single payer is the worst kind of monopoly, a government run one.

So you're saying you don't understand single payer. That's OK. A lot of folks don't.

Actually, your 401K likely didn't keep up with inflation. Mine certainly didn't and they grew massively.

You forgot strong corporate earnings and low interest rates. It wasn't all just inflation.

401K's are for long-term investing. If you are so stupid to move your money constantly around chasing what you think is the best return, you are a fool.

I never said I was. But given your usual failure to reason I can see why you thought that.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

So you're saying you don't understand single payer. That's OK. A lot of folks don't.

Single payer means a government run system to pay for healthcare. That in effect is a monopoly. If only the government is paying providers, then they have a monopoly.

You forgot strong corporate earnings and low interest rates. It wasn't all just inflation.

No, I didn't. If inflation increases 20% and the stock market increases 20% then the stock market breaks even on earnings. The value of their stock went up 20%, the value of the money backing it went down 20%. 20-20 = 0

I never said I was. But given your usual failure to reason I can see why you thought that.

My retirement accounts, both 401K and IRAs do quite nicely, but I don't go in changing the set up every few months. There is a cost involved with making changes, small but there, and you end up losing compared to a balanced portfolio that plays a long game.

 

[Nordberg]

Overhauling education, food stamps, healthcare and other services , to the rich means, cut them as deep as they possibly can. The super-rich never have enough. Now they have the power to slash help to the poor who have no reason to live.

 

[The Trump Administration]

Overhauling education, food stamps, healthcare and other services , to the rich means, cut them as deep as they possibly can. The super-rich never have enough. Now they have the power to slash help to the poor who have no reason to live.

What pathos.

 

[Hume]

Single payer means a government run system to pay for healthcare. monopoly.

No it does not.

 

[The Trump Administration]

Single-payer healthcare is a type of universal healthcare, in which the costs of essential healthcare for all residents are covered by a single public system (hence "single-payer"). Single-payer systems may contract for healthcare services from private organizations (as is the case in Canada) or may own and employ healthcare resources and personnel (as is the case in the United Kingdom). "Single-payer" describes the mechanism by which healthcare is paid for by a single public authority, not a private authority, nor a mix of both.

Single-payer healthcare - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Hume]

Single-payer healthcare is a type of universal healthcare, in which the costs of essential healthcare for all residents are covered by a single public system (hence "single-payer"). Single-payer systems may contract for healthcare services from private organizations (as is the case in Canada) or may own and employ healthcare resources and personnel (as is the case in the United Kingdom). "Single-payer" describes the mechanism by which healthcare is paid for by a single public authority, not a private authority, nor a mix of both.

Single-payer healthcare - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Private insurance companies are only parasites on the medical system.

 

[The Trump Administration]

Private insurance companies are only parasites on the medical system.

So you say.

Is Wikipedia wrong about the definition of single-payer?