re: #144 lawhawk

Medicare and Social Security are not technically free stuff. They are paid for via taxes employees contribute to via payroll deductions - 6.2% per paycheck.

Everyone pays payroll tax into those programs - OASDI (Social Security), The Medicare/Medicaid payroll tax (FICA) is 2.9%, split 50/50 between the employer/employee share.

True. In addition people in the “Midwest” read rural receive billions in subsidies from education to roads to healthcare to utilities. Free stuff. They just don’t want to admit it. Liars.