I think we need to have a grass roots effort to garner support for reform and to educate the masses about what Social Security really is and how it works today. And just a slight correction when you said that the gap between what we pay in and what is paid out keeps growing. Actually, right now we pay more into the system than is being paid out, but the gap is shrinking and the will eventually dry up and we'll be running a deficit in the system in the next 15 years.
Kerry also tried to say that we pulled resources away from Afghanistan, when actually, we have more troops in Afghanistan now than before the war in Iraq. Gen. Tommy Franks set him straight on that.
I agree. I like the idea of being able to homeschool my kids. Of course, neither my wife or I would be doing the the teaching. I would have to hire private tutors. I'll participate in the field trips and sports side though. :)
It's sad that so many people favor pumping money into broken systems (ie, Social Security, government education indoctrination) rather than fueling innovation. Not only would a new space initiative create jobs, although taxpayer funded in the short term, it will bring new technologies and services to the private sector, thus creating more jobs in the long term as well.