> 4) It’s too confusing to comprehend:
Perhaps if the Tea Party stopped saying that we are $15 Trillion dollars in debt and started saying that our Government has spent $65,000 for each and every man, woman, and child in the US, it might mean something. Then ask, how each man, woman, and child intends to pay that back when the bill comes due. Trillion is too large for most people to understand.
Right now I am about 20 years from retirement. With about 10 more years of work I will have enough savings to pay for a very modest retirement along with paying back my share of the debt ($65k). I could do that without taking Social Security (I’m hoping for an opt-out option). Medicare is another story however, there’s no way I could afford health care when get old mainly due to it being ratcheted up by government mandates, predatory lawyers, and the doctors guild.