[Eric Pode of Croydon]

Let’s save those American programs like SSI and Medicare. These are programs the tax payer and employer paid into.

They can't be saved without trillions of dollars in benefits cuts or tax increases on working Americans.

There never was a "lock box" - the programs were always pay as you go, with each generation of workers paying for their parents' and grandparents' benefits.

Worked great when there were six workers for every retiree, not so well with two or three.

[Sam Gamgee]

I agree. Easy to make promises another generation has to pay for.