Computer Crisis, I Hate Politics, and Medicare
by Barry Bauer
Right in the middle of writing this column last week my desktop went down — more viruses they say — second time in two months. No, I don’t get on porn sites. It’s something else I’m opening that gets me into trouble. Of course they all look like normal sites or e-mails but obviously they’re not.
I knew my computer was acting strange and I was in the process of downloading that unfinished column to my small external drive so I could finish it on my laptop but it was too late.
I need to re-learn how to start my computer up in the “safe mode” which means it boots up with the only the necessary programs needed to run and gives me a better chance to find a solution.
Because some of the stuff I wrote last week is outdated this week I started all over again. I also bought a new anti-virus program to replace the one that doesn’t appear to be working.
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I hate politics, and distrust all politicians but no doubt there are some of them who don’t deserve that from me. These self-serving people are taking this country down an evil path of no return — just like Greece. If it was my decision to make, I would have term limits and greatly reduce their influence in our lives. Quite frankly, I don’t like the way some of those people think. In addition I’d reduce the government benefits they receive when they retire. I’d give them something similar to what our senior citizens get on Social Security and the shrinking Medicare coverage. That seems fair to me.
That’s why we need to ask the question, who does our government serve, themselves or the people?
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I’ve been on Medicare for a few years now and I still don’t understand why it became my primary health insurance when I still have insurance through my former employer.
They keep cutting back on what they pay the doctors and I’m starting to see that I’ll have to make up the difference out of my pocket some day soon. That’s because Oblama intends to rob Medicare to help pay for his “Obamacare,” which will be a nightmare for the nation.
There again government is reneging on the promise given to those who worked all their life and paid into Medicare just like the Social Security tax. Government treats it like it’s a gift they gave us and that’s not true. Anyway the money’s all been mismanaged by the government and all we got was an i.o.u.
Right now the government is making money off from me. This year I will pay over $1200 in Medicare premiums and fortunately for me I don’t have more than three office visit a year.
That makes it a losing proposition — I keep paying but I don’t really collect. On the positive side I hope I never have to.
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Short thoughts:
Is actor Jim Carrey human or alien?
Why don’t we know more about Oblama’s background?
Our problem today is not the situation we find ourselves in. Our problem is that our government refuses to do anything about it. They know what the problem is.
If George W. Bush set up Oblama for the economy to fail, didn’t Bill Clinton set up George W. Bush for 9-11?
Until the next time . . .