fully agree w/ you. I was just offering a translation of the other poster's comment, which I think was tongue-in-cheek anyway.
Seriously, I fear that the public won't accept Social Security reform until more of them understand basic accounting, but it kills me to think that Republicans may let this opportunity to at least make a terrible system a tiny bit better slip through their fingers. It is time for someone to explain the Social Security Trust Fund to the public.
Even a pretty sophisticated financial journalist like John Berry, ex of the Washington Post showed over the weekend at www.bloomberg.com that he has absolutely no comprehension of the sleight-of-hand behind the so-called Trust Fund.