[Reagan Man]

>>>>>>>The public is not ready to hear things like this, calling SS a ponzi scheme and monsterous lie simply scares old people and they will not vote for someone saying such things.

Come on! Some of the public may not be ready to hear such rhetoric. Some of the public appreciates a straight shooter. Perry needs to drill home the fact that seniors 55 and above will not see ANY changes in their SocSec. Most younger Americans understand SocSec will not be there for them unless changes take place asap. Of course the liberal media will not go along with any substantive discussion on entitlement reform and the left will continue to demagogue the issue as they have been doing for the last 50 years!

[de.rm]

You don't get to be a perry unless your just a zippered up suit working for banksters trying to steal another motherload of cash, that's what they do, that's all they do, and they do it to whoever is gullible.

[Longbow1969]

Come on! Some of the public may not be ready to hear such rhetoric. Some of the public appreciates a straight shooter. Perry needs to drill home the fact that seniors 55 and above will not see ANY changes in their SocSec. Most younger Americans understand SocSec will not be there for them unless changes take place asap.

I agree with Perry. I don't believe in the entire Social Security system personally, but if I wanted to be elected to office I'd never say it. Sorry, the vast majority of old folks will not agree with Perry's characterization of Social Security. And for many/most, it is their single biggest concern. You threaten social security at all, and old folks will crawl out of the woodwork to vote against you. I don't like it, but it is what it is. We're just not even close to ready for that "adult conversation" people keep claiming we're nearly ready to have - on ANY entitlement really.

We are still completely addicted to the social welfare state and my hunch is it will have to pretty much collapse before it can ever be dealt with.