It would be interesting to excise the amount that is demographic (baby boom retirees) from that which is economic. The implication by the article is the latter. The easiest way to bring that number down is by means testing Social Security.
“The easiest way to bring that number down is by means testing Social Security.”
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It may seem so but it would be punishing years of hard work by some to reward sloth by others. We don’t need more of that.
Personally, I think we are at the point described by Jerry Clower in his tale of the coon hunt, “Knock Him Out, John”. He tells of how Mr. John Eubanks would climb a tree and knock the Raccoon off the limb so that he would fall into a pack of as many as two dozen hound dogs. This was known as giving the coon a “sporting chance”. Clower said that at least the coon had the option of, “Whuppin’ every one o’ them dogs if he was of a mind to.” The nation has gone so far down the road to socialism that we have as much chance of solving our financial problems as that Raccoon would have of beating two dozen hound dogs.
A great nation may once again arise on the soil where the United States of America stood and it may be called by the same name but it will not be in the near future. I an 67 and in generally sound health but I don’t expect to live that long.