[khelus]

re:“I think you underestimate the cost of illegal aliens, new immigrants on the dole, and the subsidies to low wage new immigrants. “

It doesn’t matter. They just cost us more money that we don’t have. We have already decided as a country we aren’t going kick them out, so those costs will continue. They will also be shocked when their checks stop, but I suspect a good share of them are working under the table so they’ll not be completely cut off.

I seem not to have made by point clear enough.

I responsed to:
“First cut welfare for illegal immigrants (or insert favorite program here) before you cut MY benefit”
“Cut Congressional raises”
“Cut Federal salaries”“First cut welfare for illegal
immigrants (or insert favorite program here) before you cut MY benefit”
“Cut Congressional raises”
“Cut Federal salaries”
All of which are noble thoughts, but have negligible effect on the overall solvency of the nation and ability to pay any remaining entitlements.

My point was removing bennies from illegals and new immigrants would go a long way toward achieving solvency. And this is but one expenditure that could be cut before cutting SS or military benefits.

That being said, the corruption and lack of spine I've observed on both sides of the aisle in DC lead me to believe that the odds of enacting the options that would return us to solvency have the same chance as that old familiar snowball in Hades.

[RFEngineer]

“I seem not to have made by point clear enough. “

I get it now. THe point I was making is that folks self-justify their entitlement by claiming there is some other entitlement that is more worthy of cutting before theirs. It’s a psychological trick used to self-delude.