The prescription drug program made it worse. Medicare’s Financial Condition: Beyond Actuarial Balance
What I see is that R.R. made choices that only pushed the problem further down the road (for the sake of helping "then"). This is allowed and fine by you....
Reagan had no other choice. SS will be in the same position as 1983 in 2017. That is the year that SS, a pay as you go system, goes into the red.
and while he didn't hold Congress, Congress most certainly did have a segment of "Southern DEMS" who are more conservative then most RHINOs of today...
The term is RINO [Republican in name only] not RHINO. And in terms of their stance on SS, the Southern Dems were just as committed to this New Deal legislation as the rest of the Dem party. Bush tried to raise the SS issue, but he lacked the same kind of force, urgency, and commitment that he had for amnesty. Perhaps his corporate masters didn't push him hard enough.
Bush's pandering to the soccer moms and seniors produced no real results for the GOP. Whatever his real motives were on pushing for amnesty, he wound up splitting the GOP needlessly and undermined further support for the WOT. You still haven't answered my question, "Why hasn't Bush secured the border since 9/11?"
RR flipflop on Soc Sec only made things worse. Only created a larger problem, burdening a further generation into the largest wealth stealing scheme ever (within the US).
Your notion that because it would go into the red, there is nothing we could do? I guess then we should just be committed to the largest wealth stealing scheme forever until FICA taxes reach 100% and unlimited income ceilings.
That is just foolishness. RR should have began the process of private accounts (thus taking us down the path of doing away with Soc Sec for all but a limited few who would choice to stay on it). He simply kept us in the Gov't ponzi scheme.
You still haven't answered my question, "Why hasn't Bush secured the border since 9/11?"
Because no border or line is ever fully secure. But more is happening with our ports & borders then is openly talked about. Again, you don't have to like that fact, but it is a reality. Just like you didn't have to like the fact that more was going on with the monitoring of conversations (without your knowledge....or the Minuteman's) but it was happening nonetheless.
If you want to pretend nothing more is happening with regard to our ports and borders concerning NS (then is openly known to the public)....go right ahead if it helps you sleep better. Pretending that you and the minutemen are our true defenders.......Th adults who are actually doing it provide you with that luxury of ego indulgence.