So a point of reference for average American, the dollars you put into Social Security, you as a couple get every dime back, plus about a 70, $72,000 spin. It's a crap rate of return on Medicare. For every dollar you put in [to Medicare], our estimates are that a retiree today will get about $5 back. That right there is the primary driver of US debt, which makes sense. People who will say things like, well, if you just got rid of congressional salaries, okay, we did the math, and it was like 11 seconds of borrowing in a day. (30:00–30:08)
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Asserts that Medicare provides a return of $5 for every dollar contributed by retirees.
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