[Boogieman]

“we are so far into it that it would be impossible to shut it off now.”

Perhaps politically impossible to shut it off now voluntarily, but it will be shut off, eventually, since it isn’t sustainable. If we don’t do it voluntarily, it will be forced on us by reality.

[dfwgator]

Perhaps politically impossible to shut it off now voluntarily, but it will be shut off, eventually, since it isn’t sustainable. If we don’t do it voluntarily, it will be forced on us by reality.

Like the old Fram Oil commercial, "You can pay me now, or you can pay me later."

[Eric Pode of Croydon]

We don't even have to explicitly cut benefits to eliminate the Soc Sec and Medicare deficits. There's always this soltution: