Yes, Social Security is so evil. Has kept millions of people off the streets, prevented them from resorting to crime, and prevented mass revolts like you saw in the Great Depression. Social Security saves us from having to spend on all kinds of other things and makes society as a whole safer and more secure. And it typically runs a profit. Man, what a horrible mistake!
Its very simple, Social Security needs an overhaul. Some combination of the following:
1) Less money paid out to those on SS
2) Higher minimum age for coverage
3) Less or no money paid out to higher income earners on SS
4) Better management of the money in SS
5) Higher payroll taxes
Its really not complicated, it simply requires political willpower.
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It is hard to shed anything but crocodile tears over White House speechwriter Patrick Buchanan's tragic analysis of the Nixon debacle. "It's like Sisyphus," he said. "We rolled the rock all the way up the mountain...and it rolled right back down on us...." Neither Sisyphus nor the commander of the Light Brigade nor Pat Buchanan had the time or any real inclination to question what they were doing...a martyr, to the bitter end, to a "flawed" cause and a narrow, atavistic concept of conservative politics that has done more damage to itself and the country in less than six years than its liberal enemies could have done in two or three decades. -Hunter S. Thompson
