Yeah but when we decide we are not longer going to pay the tab then what are they going to do?
Are you being serious here? If you think that's possible why haven't you decided NOT to pay the tab yet? To put it simply, you don't have the votes. Remember what happened when a Republican president wanted to make small changes to social security with a Republican House and a Republican Senate? Bush didn't have a friend in the world. Sorry, there's no escape. ;-)