As to the politicians, they will connect a bankrupt Social Security program to the general fund for payment. The Social Security tax is most "regressive" and I have long expected that liberal politicians would ultimately support funding from the general fund. The current ridiculous scheme of shaving about 1/3 of Social Security taxes from employees only by Obozo is the beginning. Rush and Levin have both noted this recently. It drains the system much quicker and creates a future "emergency" in which Congress will just "have to" vote to make the general fund the Social Security lifeline.
BTW, I live on a small Social Security check and I agree with many here that it is not going to be reduced nor are theirs. Give me a look at the annual US budget and I will give you easily enough cuts to keep Social Security and Medicare afloat without harming the nation's defenses or cutting any truly vital programs but my budget would be no fun at all for politicians.
Once again FRiend, Social Security checks are cut by the same government that is 16 trillion dollars in debt. Social Security payments are paid in dollars. The same dollar that is being weakened by the same politicians who promise to keep giving you the same amount of dollars each month since you paid into the system. The same amount of dollars that will eventually be worth a small percentage of their current value as the government continues to drown in debt and print dollars.
Why can’t more of you see where this all ends? Fine, you will get your check each month but it won’t buy a 1/4 of what it does now. Why leave a nation like this for our children? Why? Too many bought the promises and if you live long enough you will find out that you can’t eat a promise... you can’t stay warm and dry with a promise... you can’t drive a nice car with a tank full of promises.
Sorry FRiend, that is where we are heading. I don’t want to go there but it seems inevitable when even conservatives can’t understand the immoral nature of our government.
Again, it’s all tied together.