[Gamecock]

**Good for them. Everyone should be talking about entitlement reform. It has to be done. Spending has to be cut too. It the GOP is serious about remaining a viable national party, it has to take these issues on.**

If I paid into a program with the promise of getting money back, hos is it an entitlement?

Why not reform welfare and cut spending elsewhere?

[Lou L]

Why not reform welfare and cut spending elsewhere?

There's not nearly enough to be gained from simply reforming welfare. Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, along with interest payments on our debt, are by far the largest payments we make from government coffers.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for across-the-board reform in all areas, but the ones that will make the biggest dent on our spending will be from SS.

[KC_for_Freedom]

I agree with you, only I want to go farther. Lets recommend that all of these programs be phased into a cost break even program where the cost is born by everyone on a percentage basis.

We would maybe find that we do not want a much from the government if we actually have to pay for it.

And forget about plans like Christi’s where he wants the well off to cover the expense. Plays right into the left position. (Go after the rich)

[FR_addict]

The GOP is not even talking about rolling back ObamaCare anymore, which is one sixth of the economy. They are not talking about the money going to the massive illegal amnesty program. They are not even talking about cleaning up the fraud in welfare, disability, Medicaid, and other programs. Their only plan seems to be take the money from the seniors who paid into social security. I sure don't hear anything about reforming government pensions.

[Eric Pode of Croydon]

I paid into a program with the promise of getting money back

So you are saying: (1) The government promised to give you your money back, and (2) you believed it.