AARP's new ad: The age tax would force Americans ages 50-64 to pay thousands of $$$ more

[flamingdem]

for health care. Tell Congress #NoAgeTax!

Link to tweet

[dalton99a]

1. Good start.

[flamingdem]

2. They will go ballistic, I don't think it was expected

that the elderly would get dumped on so much with Ryan's charming plan

[dalton99a]

3. Yep. This is something that needs wide publicity.

[Deb]

4. Republican Age Tax.....RAT

yes indeedy

[flamingdem]

6. hah!

You're onto something - maybe write to AARP - they could use that!

[PsychoBabble]

5. I smell a RAT

[Warpy]

7. Right, just at the time so many are getting kicked out of decent jobs

because corporations don't like people over 50 who might be making the maximum salary or who might be developing health issues that drive corporate health costs. Trust me, they've got their own actuarial tables to tell them when each worker should get the boot.

So a population surviving on a patchwork of dead end jobs until they can get reduced Social Security at 62 is suddenly going to be asked to pay thousands more in insurance premiums. Oh, yeah, that's going to work out really well for all of us.

This is the Drop Dead Act.

[area51]

8. +1 n/t

[progressoid]

9. "a 64 yr old could pay $3000 more a year. That's $18,000 a year"

??? How did it jump from 3K to 18K?

[flamingdem]

10. Who knows but with some trump voters they won't know the difference

so why not make it more memorable

[ProfessorGAC]

11. Not Understanding Your Question?

Where did the 3,000 come from? If it goes up 3 grand and it was 15, it would go to 18. No?

[progressoid]

16. It's just a poorly worded ad.

I understand the need to be dramatic to emphasize their point, but it's misleading. If we are to assume they are implying that people are currently paying 15K a year in premiums, then his little log chart shows an increase of 10K not 3K.

[ProfessorGAC]

19. I Get It Now

I had to cut the playback short because i had to get to a meeting yesterday. I simply missed the piece you were talking about until much later.

Thanks, and i agree.

[Demsrule86]

13. You are paying for less insurance so a deductible could be as high as 25,000.

[Demsrule86]

12. I called ...do it call Congress...now.

[flamingdem]

14. We all need to call - especially if we're 50-65!!

Thanks

[Demsrule86]

18. Yes the phone number puts you though ... where when I called directly...I could not get through

Call people.

[sarcasmo]

15. Death panels brought to you by Republican Jesus.

[taught_me_patience]

17. Trump won 45-45 age by 10%

http://college.usatoday.com/2016/11/09/how-we-voted-by-age-education-race-and-sexual-orientation/

Reap what you sow. This is what this age demographic wanted.