The national debt is driven by the entitlement costs. The ceiling must be raised as a result. 71% of the budget is on automatic pilot. With 10,000 baby boomers retiring every day for the next 20 years, the entitlement costs will rise regardless
I’m tired of hearing about the social security entitlement crap. Anytime they want to give me back the money I paid-in (with compound interest) over the last 49 years, I will be out of your hair.
LOL. Anyone who thinks that SS is a pension scheme is a fool. Once you put your money into SS, it no longer belongs to you (Flemming v. Nestor.). The government can and has changed the benefits anytime it wants.
SS is a Ponzi scheme. For those of us receiving benefits now, we get far more out of the system than we put in. The same holds true for Medicare where the average recipient receives three times what they contributed.