The reason is because it's a house of cards, and you, I, and all of the other current payees form the foundation of that house. Without our current payments, the system collapses.
The reason is because it's a house of cards, and you, I, and all of the other current payees form the foundation of that house. Without our current payments, the system collapses.
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True, but then the people younger then us wouldn't have to pay for us. It is a fiendlishly clever socialistic idea that was designed to make it nearly impossible to dismantle. I believe Roosevelt himself once said as much.
Ultimately we'll just have to grow the economy enough to make up the difference. This program has to die.