The bigger problem is that there are many people who cannot see the forest through the trees! For your sake, I hope you are elderly and will not live long enough to see the consequences of not taking the necessary steps to correct the deficit spending. My friend, believe me when I tell you the market is ruthless!
If you leave it up to the market to solve the problem it will.
Didn't take you very long to get around to the Death Panel solution, did it? A cynic might suspect that a veteran FReeper of three months seniority might just be another troll from the other side.
The “rich” already pay FICA taxes on income of $102,000 which amounts to $500 a month...