[leadpenny]

The "Titanic Deck Chairs" solution, I see.

What about the cap? The cap for the medicare contributions was removed, why not the cap for FICA contributions?

[G L Tirebiter]

The "Titanic Deck Chairs" solution, I see. What about the cap? The cap for the medicare contributions was removed, why not the cap for FICA contributions?

Wrong, again. I've seen many critics of the privatization approach - but none has ever characterized it as a deck chair shuffle. Typically it the "this proposal will destroy SS as we know it" or "this is a scheme to enrich Wall Street fatcats."

However the whistle past the graveyard crowd never acknowledge the fundamental imbalance that makes a SS train wreck certain.

And regards your medicare comment: Has lifting the cap on medicare "fixed" it? Answer: No. Only fundamental reform will do that.