[JoSixChip]

Get ready for means testing!

[AzaleaCity5691]

It really is all unsustainable. At some point something will have to give.

[familyop]

Yep, what I’ve been saying. And they could print more money, but they’re shying away from that this time. Why? Because there’s not enough manufacturing to tax for it, this time. The money wouldn’t only be inflated. It would be truly worthless. And government employees won’t benefit from worthless money any more than the rest of us.

And the communist takeover that so many of us are harping about? It can’t happen without heavy manufacturing. What are they going to take over—our factories in China?

[guitarplayer1953]

"Revenues also shrank due to fewer paychecks to tax."

How about telling the truth that DC spent the money and now can not repay it due to lack of new money coming in.

[DakotaGator]

Besides means testing and pushing back retirement age, here's what else will happen; anyone with an independent federal pension (less Pres./Vice-pres., Congress, and Judges) will be required to offset his Social Security Benefits dollar for dollar from the federal pension. In other words, people receiving earned benefits will have to pay out of those benefits to receive Social Security Benefits.

Of course, those who have not earned any benefits will still get everything they want as entitlements.

[Del Rapier]

The insanity begins to collapse on itself.

[exnavy]

Everything that happens while the dems are in control is “unexpectedly”.

[Nailbiter]

“has taken its toll on the entitlement. “

How is this an entitlement when the govt has been stealing from the citizens.
If I had payed in for 30 - 50 years, and was told that it is bankrupt I would be seriously displeased. Workers that payed in should expect payout per govt contract.

If they cannot SSN cannot payout, all other programs should take back seat to SSN.
I say that govt employees (pols) should take pay cut to make up the difference

[pawdoggie]

This is why the GOP needs to adopt the Bill Clinton “war room” mantra, “it's the Economy, stupid” for the 2010 midterms. The health care entitlement is an important issue, but more so when taken in the context of high unemployment, rising energy prices (and Obama’s plan to raise them higher still) and the collapse of America's favorite entitlements: Social Security and Medicare. If all conservatives talk about between now and November is Health Care they may find that the zombies who supported Obama for President have warmed up to Government-run health care (especially after the barrage of ads featuring the dewy-eyed urchins whose "right" to "quality" health care has been granted by the Democrats).

[exit82]

The Bush tax cuts expire in 2011.

The additional taxes will do wonders for the economy. No wonder Larry Summers wants to bail.

[Mike Darancette]

I took mine on the earliest possible day. Don’t trust it to be there in 3 years.

[GOPJ]

I knew a person who told me all 11 bothers and sisters were collecting social security disability. The person I knew really deserved it but a brother said to “go mental” because it was impossible to disprove. My friend was sickened by the comment.

At the time all 12 of them were under the age of 45... collecting full benefits for themselves for possibly another 40 to 45 years. In short, that one family will collect more in benefits than over a thousand American workers collecting at full retirement age...

And dems? Liberals? They’re very quiet about this...

What’s the liberal “solution”? To make Americans who play by the rules work longer - to bankrupt the system for honest young people forced to put money into a corrupt system - and to set citizens against those who really are disabled. And to set the young against the old. It’s twisted - evil - sad.

Yes, I hate liberals.

[KosmicKitty]

But the democrats said that Bush was just making up all the stuff about social security going broke.

Does that mean they lied??? /s