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I am 55 years old, Mr. Romney. Yup, a member of Mr. Ryan’s class of 1957 - the first cohort who would (under his insidious, anti-American plan) be ineligible for Medicare as we know it. As you know - because you have endorsed his "marvelous" budget - people my age and older would get "vouchers" instead. I don’t want a voucher, thank you. I have paid into the system since 1974, when I spent the summer working (industriously, nine hours a day) as a file clerk on Wall Street. By 2022, when you would deny me the benefits I have earned, I will have been paying into the Medicare system for 48 years. For you to take MY money and basically turn it over to insurance companies would be, to me, nothing short of theft. You went to law school - explain it to me differently.
source:http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/21/1085181/-Gov-Romney-Meet-Our-Mothers
(I am also a member of her same exact year cohort, and my life was different than hers--however, very good article and sometimes I like seeing people exactly my age being represented...)