[RedWulf]

The level of fraud in SSI and Medicaid, and Medicare is extremely high as is the number of employees currently employed to run them. There's lots of money to be saved before we move into ending the entitlements (Because no one’s going to get elected running on cutting/ending entitlements). I'm pretty confident that Trump can make a dent in some of the problems.

Ultimately the solution to a socialist scheme like Medicare/Medicare is rationing with such long wait times that people opt for private solutions which is what works in places like Singapore. In Singapore the poor get poor healthcare from their medicaid system and the middle class and up buy cheap full on capitalist healthcare. Capitalism is the solution to bad systems like this but we need to get a reformer in there for a chance to fix the broken systems.

[Eric Pode of Croydon]

If the thread title had specifically mentioned the Medicare and SocSec shortfalls, it would have attracted the whole cast of "Free Republic Dancing with the Stars", featuring:

the “Cutting Waste and Fraud Will Solve The Problem Two-Step”

the “Get Rid of Every Government Program Except The One That Benefits ME Tango”

the “Tax The Snot Out Of My Grandkids, But Keep MY Check Coming Waltz”

and that evergreen favorite, the “Kick The Can Down The Alley Until After I’m Dead Fox Trot"!