Oh yeah let's bend the debt trajectory by making life tough on the evil old people who live too long and are filled with medical issues so that we can save on Social Security and Medicare. It's long been a dream for some people to do so but this is where I'm not a moderate. The people who need those two programs the most are the people w…
Oh yeah let's bend the debt trajectory by making life tough on the evil old people who live too long and are filled with medical issues so that we can save on Social Security and Medicare. It's long been a dream for some people to do so but this is where I'm not a moderate. The people who need those two programs the most are the people who have been low income throughout their working lives. They probably don't have fat and volatile 401 k's tucked away to help them in old age. No thanks. Let's talk about how to get more money into those systems instead of cutting them or making them difficult to access.
There are two ways to get more money into the system. 1) To have listened to the early warnings 50 years ago and raised taxes a little bit. 2) Raise taxes a LOT right now.
There are no other choices available. Now that the Boomers are entering the most expensive years of life, it's far too late. But don't worry, we still won't do anything, we'll just keep giving out funds until the whole thing crashes and burns, and thus leave younger generations holding an empty bag. Because that's the easiest thing for the general public to do.
Oh yeah let's bend the debt trajectory by making life tough on the evil old people who live too long and are filled with medical issues so that we can save on Social Security and Medicare. It's long been a dream for some people to do so but this is where I'm not a moderate. The people who need those two programs the most are the people who have been low income throughout their working lives. They probably don't have fat and volatile 401 k's tucked away to help them in old age. No thanks. Let's talk about how to get more money into those systems instead of cutting them or making them difficult to access.
Trump essentially did that with his weak Covid response: A lot of American seniors died, and it saved SS and Medicare a LOT of money.
There are two ways to get more money into the system. 1) To have listened to the early warnings 50 years ago and raised taxes a little bit. 2) Raise taxes a LOT right now.
There are no other choices available. Now that the Boomers are entering the most expensive years of life, it's far too late. But don't worry, we still won't do anything, we'll just keep giving out funds until the whole thing crashes and burns, and thus leave younger generations holding an empty bag. Because that's the easiest thing for the general public to do.