[palmer]

I'm not malcontent. I'm actually glad that I know my Social Security and Medicare is buried in our $40 trillion in liabilities. That allows me to plan for my future: privately funded retirement on extremely low cost-of-living and taking full responsibility for my own health. I expect nothing from the federal government except an ever-increasing tax burden.

[arete]

I expect nothing from the federal government except an ever-increasing tax burden.

That is the one thing that you can count on from a runaway government. More debt and the hidden tax of the active and aggressive moves by the FED to inflate.

Richard W.