Perry clearly was unable to do so. He just kept repeating "it's a Ponzi scheme." Show me what facts and arguments he presented to back it up. You can't, because he didn't give any.
In case you don't know, being correct is not good enough. You have to be able to persuade people that you are correct.
It is a Ponzi scheme. You need increasing numbers of bottom investors to feed the recipients at the top. Because we aborted 50 million of the last generation we are running out of lower tier investors. If it wasn't for all the illegal aliens giving birth to anchor babies, the system would be destined to collapse in the next 10 years. But if they ever start aborting their children or start practicing birth control, then the system will collapse even sooner. Nobody needs to explain how it is a Ponzi scheme. It is what it is. Tell me why it isn't.
—Among the necessary skills an executive should have is the ability to sell, to persuade, to effectively make the case. —
And that is done through prepared speeches and statements and answers to the follow up questions. It is not done through this “Miss America questioning” forum where the entire encyclopedia is the question source.
If you were president, how would you answer a question, after you just gave a statement on devastating fire damage, that asked, “what is your position on global warming?”
How you handle the question is more important than the answer. Hint: If you attempt to answer the question, you handled it poorly.
Is it?
What has been the conservative position on SS for 20+ years?