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Originally posted by Hello
Oh, does that sound like I'm taking your concerns and extending them? Sorry, I don't mean to hijack you like that. But social security is a joke as far as I can see. And the way medicine is going, I don't see how it still works the same way by the time we get there.
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Seems kind of funny to hijack and extend my concerns when I was pointing out that deficits are scary and you said you were not so worried about them. But I hear it's not polite to question a hijacker.
I agree that SS logically should to be remodeled to deal with increased life expectancies, medical technology, etc. But it's a political third rail, kind of like Prop 13 is here in CA. To exacerbate these continued structural deficits by cutting taxes annually is just going to tie the hands further of anyone who will be taking action to fix SS in the future.
After this latest Medicare bill I don't think it's going to be the GOP that restores fiscal sanity to SS. So yeah, I'm bugged that someone else is going to have to clean up the mess.
Deficits might not be bad in and of themselves, but they sure cramp your style if you have to pay SS out of the current budget. See you in 2026...oops, probably sooner than that.
