But the very concept of these programs grew out of a vision of massive government, some idea of universal enrollment, etc. You can’t privatize that any more than you can the Navy. Beck’s guest Friday, a policy wonk from Manhattan Institute , seemed to think that especially the public employee pensions were a huge budgetary burden, and I ‘m not going to be convinced the idea of “30 years and out “ with 90 % pay for 2 million + federal employees is not a major part of future liabilities.
Yes you can. There are all kinds of proposals to privatize SS. It is fairly easy. They did it in the UK, Chile, and a host of other countries.
FYI: We have 60 million people on Medicaid and over 50 million on Medicare. Those numbers are increasing as the baby boom generation retires. The 2.13 million federal employees pale in comparison.