[Ron2]

Congress needs to lock up Social Security and pay back everything they have taken from the program. This program should sustain itself if they leave it alone. Basically, they have stolen peoples retirement and used it for whatever they wanted to. Pay it back with a huge interest and penalty for using it.

[SF Republican]

My Grandfather lived to 98, my Father is the youngest 80 year old I know. I plan on working a few years past 65 -'til 70 maybe. Fortunately (for me) not too many young'uns are going into insurance, and according to industry HR periodicals we will be facing a tremendous shortage of employees.

[Incorrigible]

Bernanke: Baby Boomers Hasten America's Descent To Heck!

:-)

[Renegade]

Boomers are the largest block of people that vote in the USA. They were FORCED to put $$$ into this dinosaur and they want it back. Any attempt to penalize that group will be political suicide .

[redgolum]

My parents have already planned on not receiving SS benefits. My Dad turned 65 last week, and plans on working 10 more years (not unheard of in my family).

Unfortunately, many retirees are going to find out that Uncle Sugar ran out of money.

[Doghouse Riley]

In other comments, Bernanke observed that rain is wet and that bears have been known to s**t in the woods.

"Golly, who woulda thunk it?" he observed.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

This shouldn't be an issue with 20-30 million folks from the deep, deep south coming to the rescue.

[Safetgiver]

But, but, I distinctly remember Harry Reid and the Dems say in '06 there was no problem, the fund is sustainable until 2080 and that there was no need for Bush to rile everyone up over a nonproblem. Was I mistaken?

[buffyt]

Galveston County employees SS plan vs. the rest of us.

[HarleyLady27]

Well the Dems want to give the illegal immigrants SS and medacare and everything else, yet they scream, yell and jump up and down with the born citizens of America are due to reap the benefits of some of what they have worked their whole lives for....

What's this guy's problems?

[Wally_Kalbacken]

I watched Bernanke testifying this morning - and with the mental midgets on the committee - it was as if they were trying to drink from a fire-hydrant in understanding his responses. His quick and aggressive testimony is what the administration needs i a lot of areas, rather than appearing as a punching bag at congressional hearings.

[sergeantdave]

Create a crisis, aggravate it and then offer a solution.

I have zero confidence - no, less than zero - that the criminal fascist syndicate occupying Washington could solve any problem relating to finances or individual liberty. These are foreign concepts to these crooks. I wish they would just wear parrots and eye patches and hoist the Jolly Rogers flag above the nation's capital. It would be the first and only honest act our thieving government has done in the last 70 years.

Thieves all.

[xrp]

SS recipient age needs to be moved back up to where 33 workers support 1 retiree...so age 85 or so.