Mack penny is a simplistic solution to a complex problem. The entitlement and means tested welfare programs must be reformed or we will never be able to climb out of this hole.
To begin with anyone under 55 on a sliding scale of sorts would get medicare/socha security beginning at 66,two years later 67 two years later 68 so on and so on to 72. Even then there will have to be adjustments.
I hate to even bring it up and its not fair at all but means testing might even have to be considered depending on how much of the regimes destruction we can kill. The bitterest pill to swallow is that the dems will never change. They will purposely sink the ship rather than fix things. We are the only one who care about the country. They are simply invested in power and socialism. They know that we will fix the problem they have created and then they can demagogue us. It's a brutal game they play and we have little if any choice but to be the responsible adults in the family of the U.S. if it is to be saved.