Joe,
I am not nor have never been an advocate of take from the wealthy and give to the poor. They earned their money and have a right to it. If I hadn't had that breakdown and had to take everything I had invested and saved to pay the medical bills after I lived, I would not be hurting for anything. But if I could have worked until I retired normally, I would have had more than I would ever need. But after having to empty all of my accounts and everything, I am happy that I had the money to pay those huge bills. I just can't afford them any more. I am better off than many people around here as I at least paid for everything I have in cash and don't have to worry about losing everything because I can't make the payments. And I paid a huge amount of taxes when I worked.
The woman that came out from the local Social Security office to talk to me several years ago told me that I had paid more taxes in the first four months of 1985 than her gross income was for the whole year. But that is ancient history and not relevant to anything now.
Ron
