Few politicians are willing to risk their careers alienating today's senior citizens for the benefit of Americans in 2040. After all what do today's seniors and politicians care about a 2040 calamity?

很少有政客会愿意拿自己的职业生涯来冒险，为了美国人2040年的收益去疏远现在的年长公民。毕竟，今天的老家伙和政客关心2040年的灾难干什么？

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Then there is the issue of how we are going to care for our senior citizens going forward in a way that we can afford and that fulfills our implicit obligations to our elders who often cannot fend well for themselves.

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Ryan also revived his proposal to reform Medicare, the health care program for senior citizens that is considered the biggest driver of rising federal deficits as costs increase and more Americans become eligible.

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The committee began debating the compromise measure last week, with arguments erupting over Democratic proposals to reduce subsidies for some Medicare coverage while eliminating fraud and waste in the government health care plan for senior citizens.

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