[pigdog]

That's a spending objection. We're talking here about a revenue bill, not spending. How would you propose to keep funding S/S under the present system since it's legally required???

[Always Right]

That's a spending objection. We're talking here about a revenue bill, not spending. How would you propose to keep funding S/S under the present system since it's legally required???

It's not legally required, it is just moral to keep it sinse millions of retires are now dependant on it. It should be funded the way it currently is. Your earnings determine how much you get, and your earnings determine how much you pay in. Getting rid of that linkage is dumb. But we need to start limiting cost of living allowances and raising retirements ages and coming up with a more effective privitized system where individuals truely have personal accounts. We need to ween our country off of social security.

[Always Right]

That's a spending objection.

Spending is the bigger problem.