Yes we are. Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Three unconstitutional programs that are more than our current deficit and in a short while will consume our entire Federal Budget just by themselves.
This is a perfect example of why we’re broke and have indentured the next two generations to pay for, among other things, our freakin’ postal delivery.
We're broke because of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Throw in HUD, Food Stamps, and Dept. of Ed. and we can have major tax cuts and still run a surplus.
Don't get rid of those things and you can eliminate the entire rest of the Federal Government, Post Office, Defense, Coast Guard, Customs, you name it, and we'll soon still run a deficit with a tax increase.
That's the reality we're facing, but everyone wants to avoid the elephant in the room and go after what amounts to less than pennies in the scheme of things.
“That’s the reality we’re facing, but everyone wants to avoid the elephant in the room and go after what amounts to less than pennies in the scheme of things.”
A couple of billion here and a couple there, and pretty soon it adds up to big bucks.
There were two issues here: 1) what do we have to give up, and 2) I might be inconvenienced by a cutback.
The way I’m seeing it is that nobody wants to give up what they get. We all want the other guy, especially those who haven’t properly contributed, to give it up. I agree with that, but that prevents us from actually fixing the problem.
Go ahead, on this thread, and seriously post the proposition that we get rid of Medicare or Social Security. You want to hear wailing and gnashing of teeth? (And, I might be one of them - I would love to get back at least some of what I have put in).