Your comments on SS are good. Unfortunately, most voters won't go along with them. That's not the President's fault -- he tried some very modest reform and couldn't even get that through Congress. There is lots of work to do to get more reliable votes in Congress.
And this is why I am absolutely flabbergasted, frustrated, by the fact that the PRESIDENT cannot twist enough REPUBLICAN arms to get this done. Again, I ask, are we, or are we not in the majority? And if we can't even get modest reform through a congress where we hold the majority....I ask you, what good is holding the majority? This is why the prospect of turning over numeric "control" doesn't scare the tar out of me. We can't get anything done when we're in the MAJORITY. What makes you think the rats will be able to get anything done when they hold a majority? I think it is far more important to concentrate on building a CONSERVATIVE base...than on maintaining a numeric Republican majority. The numeric majority that we have are ineffective wimps. Who needs them. We need conservatives. Rino's need not apply.