Technically, this is correct.

But since we did pay into the system in this regard, Medicare and Social Security cannot reasonably be defined as mere welfare.

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mere?

all of them are social programs to help humans in times of need. so is fema. so is the veteran's hospital. so is blm a welfare program. what's wrong with that? welfare is something governments should strive for. the welfare of its citizens
farm programs are welfare, and tax forgiveness in big or little businesses is also. school is a program for the welfare of us all so kids dont leech the system but make themselves into contributing citizens.

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Dear fundamentalist Christian Trump supporters: If Obama had held the Bible backwards and upside down, you would immediately have called him the Antichrist.

Just about all of Europe, plus Canada, may certainly be defined as welfare states. The operative question is this: Do we really wish for the US to transmute itself into a modern welfare state, just as these countries have done?

And I will reiterate my point: Social Security and Medicare cannot reasonably be defined as welfare, since the recipients thereof have already paid taxes for these programs.

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"In his second inaugural address, [Franklin D.] Roosevelt sought 'unimagined power' to enforce the 'proper subordination' of private power to public power. He got it…"—George Will, July 8, 2007

I cannot speak to your personal situation but even the so-called studies claiming Medicare for all will reduce healthcare costs generate savings estimates by fixing prices at Medicare reimbursement rates. Price fixing by government works to reduce availability which leads to reduction in overall health care spending.

The generally accepted wisdom proclaims emergency room care as the most expensive form of health care. Using new Medicaid enrollees from Obamacare we see their ER room utilization increase. The Medicaid patient has no worry about cost, just like the Medicare for all patient.

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What is a 30 something year old single man with a rock in one hand and a Honduran flag in the other?

An asylum seeker.