I don't want to sell my freedom to keep my SS, but money was taken from me (under penalty of law, if not at gunpoint) and in return I was promised a benefit.
I want the benefit I was promised. There are other ways for the government to pay that benefit instead of raising taxes. The federal government owns vast tracts of land in the western states. Much of it is considered "worthless", but I bet if the RIGHT to develop it were included in a sale it would be worth plenty.
Instead of constantly fighting illegal immigration, we could just sell the right to enter the US and work. The people who came in would work hard to pay for the right they bought and would turn in illegals in a heartbeat to protect their own investment.
Plenty of ways for the US to raise money without raising taxes...
All levels of government have promised far more benefits than can ever be paid for. We all want something that was promised to us but I do not see how we can make political promises inviolable. If every politician can bind future generations by making a promise then we need to renew the advice of Jefferson.
See post 65 above FYI.