If 'we' allow people to invest this money our economy should soar with all the money that would finally be socked away (American's have a woeful savings rate) and interest rates would benefit, too...
If you think Casey wouldn't fall into the raise taxes to balance SS fold, you are sadly mistaken. Dims -- none -- have never met a tax increase they didn't love, they think all of our money belongs to them and we should keep enough to just get by... the dim party today is a lot more like Jimmy Carter in thinking and they are all on such a short leash that they will not dare go against Dingy Harry, Kerry, Kennedy, etc... so, no matter how ticked off I get at any of our GOP guys, the worst one is better than 99.9% of any Dim.
I don't kid myself about what Casey is or isn't. But I'm not going to tolerate Dim-lite from the Republicans anymore. I'm just not going to reward their treachery with my vote, time, or money. When they start acting like principled conservatives, then maybe....but until then....not a chance.