spanky conflated his renal failure diagnosis with a death sentence to play for leniency for his bullshit positions per typical maga behavior
"According to most medical sources, the average life expectancy for someone on dialysis is between 5 and 10 years, though many patients can live well on dialysis for 20 or even 30 years, depending on their overall health and adherence to treatment plans."
his "miraculous" recovery was starting dialysis to counteract renal (kidney) failure
there are 500k+ in this country on dialisys and the 37m with chronic kidney disease, 90% of which are undiagnosed
"If we do not address kidney disease early and work to slow or stop the progression to kidney failure, the expense of treating kidney failure could bankrupt the Medicare Trust Fund. The Medicare program spends more than $130 billion – more than 24 percent of total spending – on patients with kidney disease. Further, end stage kidney disease, which affects only 1 percent of Medicare beneficiaries, accounts for 7 percent of Medicare spending."
make sure you're sitting down spanky..... cause wait! there's moar! your brain is about to explode!
"The majority of the Medicare trust fund is derived from FICA taxes, with the current rate for Medicare being 1.45% for both the employer and employee, which means around 90% of the Medicare trust fund comes from FICA taxes."
that's right, spanky, the blood scrub that's keeping you alive is 90% paid for by FICA taxes
"A new study shows that undocumented immigrants paid nearly $100 billion in federal, state and local tax revenue in 2022 while many are shut out of the programs their taxes fund. The findings run counter to anti-immigrant rhetoric that undocumented immigrants are “destroying” social programs."
https://alabamareflector.com/2024/08/02/study-says-undocumented-immigrants-paid-almost-100-billion-in-taxes/