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Carvin to Lowey: Bring on the Mediscare Tactics

Rye Town Supervisor Joe Carvin says he welcomes Nita Lowey's "Mediscare" tactics because the facts "support those of us trying to save Medicare and Social Security for future generations.

CARVIN TO LOWEY: "BRING ON THE MEDISCARE TACTICS" 
"Westchester and Rockland Voters Are Too Smart to Buy It"
Westchester-Rockland--Aug. 15...Rye Town Supervisor and congressional candidate Joe Carvin (R-NY-17) -- who has cut the size of Rye Town government 25% and lowered taxes every year he has served in office -- today said he welcomes the "Mediscare" attacks 24-year-incumbent Nita Lowey (D-WFP) has begun to inject in their race for Congress. 

Ms. Lowey and other entrenched Washington politicians are using Congressman and vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan's plan to save Medicare as a scare tactic to frighten seniors into keeping them office -- for yet another term. Ms. Lowey, at the same time, is conveniently omitting that she helped siphon $740 billion from Medicare, further weakening the program, to pay for the deeply unpopular and fundamentally unaffordable Obamacare program. 
"Bring on the Mediscare tactics," Mr. Carvin said.  "I welcome those attacks, because the facts support those of us trying to save Medicare and Social Security for the next generations. By failing to act on our unsustainable entitlement programs, Ms. Lowey is recklessly jeopardizing the entire social safety net in this country. It is time that Rockland and Westchester families were told the truth about our cherished social programs.   They are not sustainable as currently constructed.  This is the conclusion of every serious minded observer looking at this problem, yet Ms. Lowey would rather employ campaign scare tactics to squeeze out one more term than address the problem." 
Richard Foster, Medicare's chief actuary pointed out that if the new health care law is not successful in squeezing out Medicare costs of $500 billion by trimming payments to providers on the assumption they will  become more productive, Medicare would go broke in 2016 rather than 2024, as it is now estimated, Mr. Carvin noted.   Mr.  Foster restated his view that the savings required by the 2010 Health Care law "will not be viable in the long range."    
Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue, a trustee of the two programs, said Social Security's disability insurance program (a subset of the Social Security program)  is now expected run out of money in 2016 as well.
"To ignore the dire warnings put forward by her own party and the Simpson-Boweles bi-partisan fiscal commission is reckless and irresponsible," Mr. Carvin charged.   "To sit by and do nothing, saddling our children and grandchildren with levels of debt that we know with certainty will bankrupt the nation is unconscionable. "
"It is long past time that career politicians stopped thinking about their next election and started thinking about their patriotic duty to this generation and the next," Mr. Carvin continued. "It is time to stop playing games and have a serious minded conversation about the depth and severity of the fiscal challenges facing our nation. "  
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sayitsnotsojack August 16, 2012 at 09:38 am
Very well said sir, but sorry to say there are still too many waiting to drink the kool- aid.
JJ August 16, 2012 at 11:27 am
INTERESTING THAT READER'S CAN LEAVE COMMENTS ON YOUR ARTICLE BUT CAN NOT ON FRANKIE VAL'S ARTICLE TITLED
"Romney’s Vice Presidential Pick" Once again depicting the ONE WAY thinking some the writer's in the Patch have. They're afraid of having their "small world" of facts challenged. It might cause them to sleep with the lights on.
George Datino August 16, 2012 at 11:48 am
I guess it is policy of Patch to allow authors to choose whether or not their Blog Article (opinion) will allow comments.
"No comments needed here - I am live, ON-AIR, Tuesday and Thursday nights, 9-10pm EST, straight from Port Chester, on ZenLive.tv. Direct your thoughts to me then, and once again, many thanks to the Patch for letting freedom of speech reign." It just seems kind of weird that something under a banner called "BLOG" would not allow comments. I thought by definition, Blogs have comments. Come on Patch, if you want to have articles without comments, at least put them in a separate category.
Mike August 16, 2012 at 12:06 pm
Have no problem if an individual blogger does not want to accept comments as this is their choice. I do have problems when the Patch arbitrarily and capriciously stifles free speech when it decides to censor comments only on certain stories (I.e the Chic-Fil-a).
Aidan August 16, 2012 at 01:31 pm
Seconded.
JJ August 16, 2012 at 03:01 pm
George & Mike.................I guess we all broke the code here.
You can "now" write on Mr. Val's blog. This is exactly what the others Voter's want; TOLERANCE UNTIL IT INTERFERES WITH THEIR OPINIONS.
Frankie Val August 16, 2012 at 11:51 pm
JJ, as I said before - the "no comments" footer I inserted into the article was to encourage people to call-into my live broadcasts with their opinions and put a more human interaction on the line.
You even quoted me, and in the quote it expressly says where to direct comments (not to refrain from commenting)...Someone with a little insight would see that perhaps I am trying to put a different spin on internet interaction, which is lazy and anonymous 99% of the time. I pray this is the last time I have to browse around the patch and stumble upon grown men discussing me like high school kids at an opposing lunch table. I'm very accessible, and very easy to get a hold of. I'll be giving you a shout on tonight's broadcast.
Rosalie Brainard August 17, 2012 at 01:11 am
Obama took 716 billion out of Medicare and put a huge portion into paying for Obamacare! Seniors will have rationed care and many doctors will not accept Medicare patients. Of course remember, seniors have paid into this system and are being thrown under the bus by Obama. Romney/Ryan have a plan to save Social Security and Medicare for seniors and future generations. Obama is throwing seniors monies to illegals and entitlement programs. Educate yourselves before you vote!
Mike August 17, 2012 at 01:23 am
He also created a significant number new taxes on medical device companies and pharma companies to help pay for it. In addition, there have been and will continue to be payment cuts to Medicare providers. All of these have consequences- most negative. I work for a medical device company that will need to pay on top of regular corporate tax an additional 2.3% of SALES (not profit) as a tax. This will amount to multiple millions of dollars - a new expense. How will companies like mine respond? Well, less investment in R&D, layoffs, and shifting of resources to outside the US. One medical device company has already cancelled the building of 5 new factories in the US because of this tax. With the cuts to providers, you will see local hospitals close, fewer physicians taking on Medicare patients and a huge shift in insurance coverage to Medicaid which will exacerbate the financial woes of most US states. This was a dumb plan and as it is implemented will lead to less care and higher costs for Americans.

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