[metmom]

Yes, we can certainly blame politicians. We can also blame the ADD/ADHD scammers and their statist enablers. We can blame those that didn't pay in but still collect. We can blame a lot of people but DON'T blame the people who, against their own will, had the money stolen from themselves and their employers over the years with the promise that they would have retirement income. They did not cause this mess.

Well said.

[Notary Sojac]

There is no point using the word "blame" in any discussion of this issue. It's pointless, since no one's every going to be retroactively punished for their poor judgment.

We need to (without blaming anybody) look at the demographic and financial projections, understand what they are telling us, and then decide whether we want to:

(a) start taking the action to fix the problem now, or

(b) just let the engine run dry until it seizes up, and then start over again from square one.

If I consented to plan (b), then there would be some blame....my kids and grandkids would have every right to blame ME.