"The Republican Party of Big Stupid Government doesn't have the guts to do anything like this. They don't even have the stones to take PBS off the taxpayer teat."
Why do you think that is. The baby boomers, of which I'm one, make up a huge block of voters, and they vote. They've been paying into the SS system for as long as 43 years, as in my case.
So, you start messing around with SS and, trust me, this block will make it very clear that they aren't interested.
Is that right or wrong? I don't know, but it's fact.