Uh, the point of this thread is that Perry IS addressing “an elephant in the room” by pointing out that Social Security is a ponzi scheme (a major manifestation of runaway spending).
SS is worse than a ponzi scheme, it has the force of law requiring payment in to it.
Peter Schiff got the trustee of SS to admit as much on his radio show.
LOL. Since you seem fond of circular reasoning and censorship, I refer you to:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2770508/posts?page=13#13
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2770508/posts?page=27#27
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2770508/posts?page=32#32
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2770508/posts?page=37#37