Social Security until we're blue in the face but odds are that the system will NOT change. Yes they may tax people who make more money higher but then that leads to treating people differently. Then what defines what's different?
Government systems are primarily set up as "one size fits all". They are not equiped to handle differences in circumstances...and they want to run healthcare? They can't even account for some $8 billion dollars in medicaid fraud in New York alone.
I think that Social Security should have been modified over the last 8 years when it was proposed to allow younger people to set aside some of their taxes for their own private plan.
Don't forget, Social Security was NEVER meant to be a stand...
Government systems are primarily set up as "one size fits all". They are not equiped to handle differences in circumstances...and they want to run healthcare? They can't even account for some $8 billion dollars in medicaid fraud in New York alone.
I think that Social Security should have been modified over the last 8 years when it was proposed to allow younger people to set aside some of their taxes for their own private plan.
Don't forget, Social Security was NEVER meant to be a stand...
While we debate the pros and cons of a trillion-dollar-plus health care overhaul here in the House, it's important to come to terms with the rising financial commitment already facing our nation and future generations.
For instance, according to a report just released by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Social Security is broke.
The CBO now projects that Social Security’s costs will exceed tax income in 2010 (next year!) and 2011, with cash surpluses returning over the 2012-2015 period and becoming negative again beginning in 2016 and later. In their March 2009 estimates, the CBO...
For instance, according to a report just released by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Social Security is broke.
The CBO now projects that Social Security’s costs will exceed tax income in 2010 (next year!) and 2011, with cash surpluses returning over the 2012-2015 period and becoming negative again beginning in 2016 and later. In their March 2009 estimates, the CBO...
and retirement benefits as the rest of us Americans!! Who do they think they are anyway?