Originally Posted by
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Look. I'm not arguing from "feeling". I've looked at both sides of the argument and come to a conclusion. You don't agree with me, and that's fine, but I don't appreciate you deciding that because I disagree with you that I haven't thought it through. The fact that I've not given any deep 'analysis' is that it's really not a deep problem, and it's really not hard to fix, except politically. Be honest. You easily see how it can be fixed, you just don't want it to be.
And there are numerous studies from numerous sources that have given some very simple ways to keep SS solvent, and I've listed several of them. The fact of the matter, as I've said repeatedly, is that Social Security is not supposed to be an investment program. It never has been, and it's not now.
It is always interesting to see an argument from "feeling" without any supporting factual information. Be honest, you can't counter the hard numbers or facts, but you expect us to accept that you have really "thought it through".
It matters not a whit to me, but many of us have become tired of people urinating on our backs and telling us it is raining. In the end you will have to face the people forced to pay and the people that won't get what they have been promised. When the empty bag is held up for all to see the backlash might be ugly.
The fact is that many of the FDR programs were killed by the Supreme court, the future of these present day programs is still in doubt from both legal and economic challenges.