One possible solution short term would be a one year hiatus on the federal government. Five years would be better, but one year for starters. No money, no government, and that works both ways. I don’t expect any, and I don’t cough any up.
One month in, seniors would be screaming, but many of them should be able to exist on savings for a year. Only the homeless, bums, non working disabled, single moms, and a few others would be desperate and it would then be up to the states, churches and charities to care for them if needed.
The only problems I see long term, oh never mind, the list of people with their hands in the federal pocket is so big we would never make it. Speaking from experience, as a military retiree on social security.
It now appears that the only solution is to allow those who brought this upon us to continue business as usual, which if I am not mistaken is the definition of insanity.
Amen! Except I would add government at all levels to the mix. As bad as the feds are government at all levels has simply outgrown the ability of taxpayers to support it.
The answer is a freeze on government expenditures, period. Let the chips fall where they will. It might even require an actual cut in spending by governments, gasp!
A five or 10 percent cut in everything government does would be a lot less painful than a 50 percent or higher cut when the bottom finally falls out.
I don’t think we have any control on ‘if’ it’s going to happen, only as to ‘how’ it happens. I liken it to being the pilot of a plane that knows a crash is inevitable. The pilot’s only control of the situation is to try to make sure the crash is under his control as much as possible. We might still have some control over the situation, but time is running out!