Quote from Mav88:
it doesn't matter what is politically doable, if you don't change the current trajectory we are dead.
Quote from RCG Trader:
It can't stay at 65, people routinely live to be over 80 now.
Quote from CaptainObvious:
Living till 80 and working till 80 are two entirely different things. Stop congress from embezzling the fund and the problem is solved. They won't stop embezzling the fund because that breaks the bank of the general fund. Without embezzling the fund this country comes to a grinding halt in about an hour. Damn near everything is financed from raiding social security.
Huh? It's more like stating the obvious realityQuote from RCG Trader:
Saying that DC is the problem is tantamount to hiding under a rock.
They've voted for BO twice now, for once you've actually made a true statement I cannot denyWorse, those "brain dead sheeple" are not going away, and they are going to continue to vote.
Since you do not appear to be brain dead, what what you do about the fiscal crisis?
Quote from nutmeg:
I'll give you this on SS.
Let's define a certain income level where you won't receive ss benefits.
Buffett gets a ss check.
I suppose prison inmates get a ss check.
Let's identify who we can eliminate from SS.
Quote from RCG Trader:
It does matter, because nothing is going to happen unless it is doable politically. Now if you are one of those who is headed for his mountain hideaway to wait for the end, fine, but until the end gets here, let's see if we can avoid it.
Can you put something on the table that one can call their Congressman about?
Quote from Mav88:
the country is still split pretty evenly despite how good democrats feel. people are not in a compromise mood.
If you really want to solve an entitlement problem, then the cause must be addressed.
It will not be of course, so they will do what they do best, kick the can. Republicans can save face by saying they 'had to allow' tax cuts to expire in order to address it later for possible re-implementation, democrats can say that medicare needed cutting in order to get the tax cuts and budget balance. Solves nothing, but that's probably the nature of the compromise.
You can't avoid the end, but the end will not be a sudden event, rather a grind down.