Lets See you ask a Democrat a question about a Republican. What kind of response would you have expected?

I just find it interesting that Paul Ryan used social security benefits from the early death of his father for college.He now wants to dismantle social security and medicare as we know it. Both highly successful programs that many people depend upon just as Paul Ryan once did.What is this?I got mine now to hell with you.

George, where did you get your information? Maybe I am misunderstanding your comment, but there are no Social Security benefits for children's student aid (college) unless that person is disabled.

I just wrote a check to the Obama campaign for $500.00.Ryan's selection has energized me to defeat these radicals.

Even Democrats know that medicaid and medicare is almost bancrupt and needs fixing. here is Ryan's plan. He at least gives choices which is more than people are getng now. :
1. No one over the age of 55 would be affected in any way.
2. Traditional Medicare fee-for-service would remain available for all. “Premium support”—that is, government funding of private insurance plans chosen by individuals—is an option for those who choose it. No senior would be forced out of the traditional Medicare program against his will.
3. Overall funding for Medicare under the Ryan-Wyden plan is scheduled to grow at the same rate as under President Obama’s proposals. Is this “gutting Medicare” and “ending Medicare as we know it”? In reality, it’s the market giving seniors cheaper, higher quality choices they can take if they wish, with the traditional program remaining an option.

George is your typical lib. All bluster, no knowledge. 500 dollars could have been better used in the community. But it's his money to urinate away. Give till it hurts georgey. I love it.

Doubtful Paul, libs traditionally donate other peoples money, rarely do they use their own money. They're better at taking than they are giving.

The brutal personal attacks by supposed civil people (especially supposed adults) never cease to amaze me.

@Nod - Unfortunately, I'm not even a little bit surprised by Personal (ad hominem) attacks. It's always easier to attack the person rather than putting some thought into the issues at hand.

Ryan plan is to phase out Medicare in its current form and to make Medicare a voucher system. Senior will get $6,500 a year to pay private premiums. In addition, he want to repeal the ACA which puts restraints on premium costs and prevents insurance companies from denying coverage for pre-exisiting conditions. And by giving up the government's ability to negotiate for large groups, it will be unable to exert the same amount of pressure on care providers to bring down costs.

What do you think insurance companies are going to charge a 70 year old for coverage after Obamacare premium protection gets repealed under these guys? Think double that or more. It would mean that individuals would have to pay the increasing difference between the voucher cost and price of insurance, and that as a result, fewer would be insured. You are going to have seniors spending nearly their entire Social Security check on health insurance.

I hope when I'm a senior that I don't sell out the country that has been so good to me and my family because I failed to plan properly so I my vote is based on taking something from those who actually earned their wealth so I can live a cushy life when I am no longer working. That attitude is outdated I guess but it use to be the norm. There is not one senior under Ryan's plan that would not be taken care of anyway, yet the left just keeps repeating what they are told to repeat over and over and over again. If you keep saying it it doesn't make it true.

Because we failed to plan properly? The only thing millions of people who worked for 25 or 30 years and invested their hard earned dollars failed to plan for was the unrestrained greed of big Wall Street corporations; the same greedy corporations who are enjoying the lowest tax rate in the last 50 years, outsourcing jobs at the highest rate in history and paying their CEOs whopping bonuses for doing so! These so-called "job creators" are the ones with the cushy life, not the people who've had their pension plans decimated and their 401Ks collapsed.

Under Ryan's plan, seniors who are under 55 will be at the mercy of private insurance companies--the same companies who will take your insurance premiums when you're young and healthy and then deny you coverage when you get sick.

The only thing Ryan's plan does is set a maximum dollar amount on the federal government's obligation and let's the rest be addressed by the free market. It makes absolutely no attempt to fix rising costs or the problem of the uninsured. It just pushes the rising costs onto the backs of those on Medicare.

Those who think it's a good idea to shift any portion of our senior population to private insurance surely live in a bubble of subsidized employer insurance. Once that goes away, I promise you, you are screwed to the tune of about $10k a year to buy health care (according to Kaiser Family Foundation estimates, per its health subsidy calculator, for a 64-year-old). And that will only be if you're healthy -- forget it if you've ben ill. That total will get even more ugly as we all age to 65, 70, 80 -- and as corporations continue to gut pensions (and the average American's retirement saving is about 50k). Oh, and don't forget the ugly higher unemployment rate for those over 50.

Ryan's plan is only for people 54 and under. Try again. I'll wait for you to watch Chris Matthews for your talking points.

Only for people 54 and under? Do you think that someone who is 54 year old is suddenly going to stop aging? What happens in three years when he's 57 and all he's got is a voucher that covers only half of the cost of premiums? Ryan's plan destroys the safety net for seniors--the same safety net that YOU will need when you get older.

There's a reason why even Newt Gingrich called it right-wing social engineering. But instead of arguing that it's just talking points, why don't you instead tell us how Romney/Ryan plans to controls escalating health care costs to insure that people who are now living into their 80s and 90s have decent health care for the last years of their life.

It's hard to believe that private health plans for seniors would be cheaper than Medicare, as Medicare's administrative costs are really low (3%), while private plans can have administrative costs as high as 30% or more.

Exactly! The ACA limits administrative costs to 15% or less and that's why some employers, employees and those who pay for private insurance are now getting getting refund checks in the mail. Going forward providers must keep their costs below that threshold.

There are many ways to fix Medicare that will not take away the safety net for seniors and other vulnerable people. But any plan MUST address the escalating cost of health care and the Ryan plan does not do that at all. He leaves it up to the "free market" (which = for-profit corporations).

We all saw in 2008 how well they've been looking out for us!

I think Paul Ryan wants to turn Social Security over to Wall Street and Medicare over to private insurance companies, since they are some of his biggest backers. Future seniors will be thrown under the bus; current seniors will not be affected because Ryan wants their votes!

Better than you Paulie. You can say what you want on the net. But we all know you're a liar. That's how liberals advance their position. They lie. Just like you lied about all of the companies you say you own.

Go back and read your own posts, I wont do your work for you. You, typical liberal, bragged about all the companies you own. By the way moron, I don't own an x box. I'm too busy working than to play childish games. By the way, I work for a man that believes in America, and when Obama was selected he swore to not hire until he was deselected. He's held to that, and out company, which you don't own is successful beyond the Obama model. This man built his business, without the help of the moron in chief.

Just as I thought, Paulie is not going to respond. When a lib is confronted with facts, they retreat.

There is no plan to completely privitize it. Liberals have to keep sayingthat (hoping taht will make it true?). Here it is again so the conversation can get back on track (Ryan's words):
Overall funding for Medicare under the Ryan-Wyden plan is scheduled to grow at the same rate as under President Obama’s proposals. Is this “gutting Medicare” and “ending Medicare as we know it”? In reality, it’s the market giving seniors cheaper, higher quality choices they can take if they wish, with the traditional program remaining an option.

Vouchers are going to be for everyone 55 and under, including those who choose the government option. That IS ending Medicare as we know it. And that's the Ryan plan--to shift the cost difference between the voucher amount and the escalating costs of private provider services onto the backs of seniors.

And while both proposals a project similar funding rate, unlike the Obama's plan, the Ryan plan has proposed zero cost controls. The money saved from capping Medicare funding and strict cost control in Obama's plan will be returned to Medicare to continue to fund the program. The money saved from capping Medicare funding in the Ryan plan will be used to fund tax cuts (and not for the middle class!) Seniors will be the ones who bear the burden of greater out-of-pocket costs.

I'm no Republican but.......A "nonscientific flash poll of Georgia's Democrats" came to an anti-Republican conclusion. Isn't that like asking George Clooney who his favorite actor is?
I don't see the point of an article with as little to discuss as a "nonscientific flash pole of Georgia Democrats". To be fair, I would not see the point of an article discussing a nonscientific flash poll of Georgia Republicans either.
Jesus Christ, get a life.

I think a lot of people are trying to keep their life, Mike, and quite a bit of that depends on which road the government on Medicare. But yeah, for a serious discussion there needs to be a serious thread/topic. Have you seen one here?

Thanks, Brian. I saw that you ventured into the Republican Flash Poll thread and all I can say is....you're a better person than I am! :-)