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   Proactive Strategies Group, said that only about 15% of the $280 billion   
   in savings from the program goes into Medicare. The bulk of the savings,   
   Merritt explained, are going to support the $7,500 electric-vehicle tax   
   credit.   
      
   Morales said the siphoned funds are also supporting the $4,000 used   
   electric-vehicle tax credit, and tax credits for energy efficiency   
   items, such as doors. The tax credits on these vehicles, Merritt said,   
   are items that wealthier Americans purchase. In 2019, half of those   
   enrolled in Medicare earn less than $30,000 per year, whereas the   
   typical Tesla buyer earns around $150,000 per year.   
      
   According to Merritt, the savings that go into Medicare pay for some   
   “relatively inexpensive new benefits,” such as a $2,000 annual cap on   
   pharmacy spending. The overall Medicare program's budget is projected to   
   rise from $1 trillion in 2023 to $1.8 trillion in 2031.   
      
   The seniors struggling to get by right now are going to wonder what   
   happened when the purposefully delayed Medicare premium increases hit   
   them after this election and the Tesla owners won't be affected in the   
   least.   
      
   ...Instead of truly lowering drug prices, which are skyrocketing,   
   Reynolds said, the IRA diverts funding into electric vehicles and that   
   the combination of climate change and health issues follows a similar   
   pattern to what was seen during the COVID pandemic, where fears of   
   deadly infections were used by politicians to justify restrictions that   
   were unnecessary and ultimately harmful.   
      
   “That’s exactly what they’re doing with climate change,” he said.   
      
   Oh, but gosh! "$35 insulin!" says Kamala with a straight face.   
      
   ...“The Biden administration is more interested in pet projects,   
   unsustainable green schemes, and ideological revenue redistribution than   
   in the core functions of government — and seniors hoping for relief on   
   drug prices get screwed once again,” he said.   
      
   Every single senior in the country should know about this abomination   
   and every single voter, say, in their 50s and up, because everyone gets   
   stuck with Medicare.   
      
      
   ...Now they’re taking money from the Medicare Trust Fund to hide   
   resulting premium hikes until after November.   
      
   "CMS enacted the “demonstration project,” which will increase the   
   taxpayer burden “from $30 per recipient per month in 2024 to $142.70 in   
   2025,” according to Fox. Critics told the outlet the move will likely   
   not “survive legal scrutiny,” but that won’t matter because Harris just   
   needs the premiums to stay low long enough to make it to the Nov. 5   
   election to avoid voter scrutiny from the over 67 million Americans   
   enrolled in Medicare programs."   
      
   Remember it was Vice President Harris that cast the tie breaking vote to   
   pass this scheme as part of the Inflation Reduction Act in 2023, which   
   has done nothing to stop inflation and will eventually make it worse if   
   not fixed.   
      
   Every senior on Medicare or getting ready to enroll needs to know this.   
      
   And "stuck" is the word, thanks to Biden-HARRIS - like with a shiv.   
      
   Every single senior - every last one  - needs to be made aware,   
   especially the little blue-haired blue-believer voters, of what is   
   coming their way thanks to Kamala Harris.   
      
   A planned $5 billion Biden-Harris administration venture that would   
   offset Medicare premium increases just before the presidential election   
   may be a Hatch Act violation and should be investigated, according to a   
   letter sent to the Department of Justice (DOJ) by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.   
      
   The Hatch Act prohibits political activity conducted in an official   
   capacity.   
      
   "My colleagues and I are concerned that the Biden-Harris Administration   
   is inappropriately using taxpayer funds to mask the defective Medicare   
   Part D policies enacted as part of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of   
   2022 (P.L. 117-169)," Paul wrote to Corey Amundson, the Chief of the   
   Public Integrity Section at the DOJ. "Given the IRA’s central role in   
   the Biden-Harris Administration’s presidential campaign, these concerns   
   warrant additional investigation."   
      
   They are such tricksy, thieving sneks.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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