Posted on 01/16/2024 4:05:44 PM PST by Deadeye Division
Congress delegates its responsibility to a commission.
Social Security and Medicare combine to more than half of federal government spending.
It essentially does boil down to either increasing taxes or reducing benefits, with raising the retirement age being a form of the latter.
Both raising taxes and reducing benefits are politically unpopular choices. Finding a solution that is palatable to the public will be crucial.
Talk about gutless: “Leave it to a commission!”
He was on an episode of Miami Vice. (No, I don’t have a point)
He did other appearances too one tough hard character.
Here he is with Don Rickles on a 1997 “Conan” show...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Ir3bvUuOI
He’s a character…
Gads..... taxpayer dollars at work spending money to figure out how not to spend money.
The beast is ready to devour......
Any legislation on Social Security should go through regular order so that Congress can debate it in the sunlight.
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