Lunatic,
Yes the are. But a handful that are for the most part not hippie boomers with steal backbones have spoken, Congressman Ryan comes to mind with his own SSI proposal as others.
What the media is silent about is the fact that the Democratic party, and their Reps in the House and Senate have proposed NOTHING.
Chairman Bernake's plea hear will not be missed by the financial sector and sets the stage in my opinion for round 2. If not for the Foley Scandal, perhaps this would have been a gift for the GOP in this election cycle, but since the Dinosaur Media still has a fairly good lock on communications, this story will not get noticed much by the Average "John Q' Public".
Prior to 9/11 Tim Russert not friend of us conservatives noted the biggest failure of the Clinton Administration because of the Monica Mess was the fact that Former Pres. Clinton and his Administration did not tackle the SSI dilemma, even with his left of center stance he gets it, and the clock is ticking to fix it before it is to late. The Democratic party with their mentality of not participating in a fix if it is not their idea should be viewed as the horrible tactic, not partisanship which is what they are doing is often mistaken for.
You want to cut massive entitlements? Why don't you cut out welfare. What's that bought us over the years--nothing. Why don't you cut out every penny of foreign aid. If we need the money so badly in this country keep it in this country. Quit paying for rehabilitation of dope addicts. Part of that is Social Security money pissed down the drain.