This is in regard to the Sunday letter about how “free” everything is for seniors regarding health care, etc. My dictionary defines free as “with no charge or costs.”
1. Social Security — I paid into S.S. for over 43 years. By compounding my and my employers’ contributions at a low interest rate I will never realize the full amount. And we also get to pay income taxes again on most of it.
2. Medicare — We get to pay monthly premiums to the government plus premiums for our Medigap policy which totals over $2,800 for each of us annually.
3. Part D (prescription plan) — We get to pay monthly premiums and for the doughnut hole coverage which exceeds $4,800 annually for one person.
We do empathize with the younger generation, as we also have children.
We do file and pay income taxes like most everyone else.
Yes we do, and have always, supported ourselves and we hardly get anything for “free.”
Please don’t ever infer we don’t pay our own way.
Fred Dracobly
Edmonds
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