[Cronos]

Or, most likely, kids will leave or hide their taxes — as the tax burden increasing more and more to pay for seniors

[I cannot think of a name]

“The trend helps older Americans, who receive the bulk of Social Security and Medicare benefits”

Here is the REAL inconvenient truth:

Every day some number of people turn 65. On that same day, some number of people that are over 65 DIE. One day (the tipping point) more people OVER 65 will die than new people turn 65. Guess what happens then? The problem begins to melt away.

Now try to find the tipping point for welfare. Don’t waste too much of your time, because there ain’t one.

And oh by the way, when we “ended welfare” during clintoons term, what we actually did was scatter the expenses through 80 different Federal programs. Guess what happens if you add it all up:

Welfare Spending is:

Bigger than Social Security
Bigger than Medicare
Bigger than Defense

In fact, it is bigger than Defense and either of the two combined.

AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING BEING DONE THAT WILL EVER CAUSE IT TO SHRINK.

Any young people that may be reading this - yes, you are being SCREWED. One day when all the baby boomers are in the ground, yet the taxes keep skyrocketing, you’ll soon figure out what has been screwing you your whole life - people that simply refuse to work because of the Government tit.

[TangoLimaSierra]

Screw you CHARLES BABINGTON. The gov't stole my money for 45 years to pay for those who were retired. Just give me back what was taken from me and I'll shut up.

I'm sick of SS being called a 'benefit' or 'entitlement' when I had to pay for it.

[DuncanWaring]

(Replying to non-existent #1)

In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all,
By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul;
But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "If you don't work you die."

[X-spurt]

Medicaid, SSI, food stamps, Title 8 housing, nobama phone and a million others are HAND OUTS. Freeloaders feel “entitled’ to them, but they are still hand outs.

SS and Medicare are not handouts, as anyone who paid into these scams through the years should be entitled to those benefits. Would be a much sweeter retirement had we had the Chilean Social Security type program to build our nest egg on.

[randita]

Democrats have demogogued SS for decades. Now they can eat it as it gradually consumes every penny of their walking around money.