Kick the can down the road
We both know there will never be a real solution.
Doesnāt mean I should support a fake solution.
Yep, you donāt have to support anything you want. But, something needs to be done and Iād like to choose the least bad option.
Preaching to the choir. But you were suggesting it as a fix. Itās not a fix anyone would be happy about, because it would require dramatically reduced benefits.
Itās going broke. On the brink of insolvency. How could anyone say it DOES work?
I donāt think anyone is telling you to do that. Iām just not too sure why Rand Paulās suggestion is any more objectionable than anyone elseās.
No one (and you are no exception) has been able to tell me a solution that does not reduce benefits.
If itās all going to reduce benefits, the details are fairly trivial. Nobodyās going to be happy either way.
More of a break it beyond repair, but I get your point.
Because I expect more from him. He is usually smart about fiscal issues.
That I can get on board with.
Then again I really donāt care either way. Whatever they decide will be neither smart nor popular.
I think youāre confusing fiscal soundness with palatability.
His proposals would take care of the fiscal problems, even if you find them morally or ethically or otherwise repugnant.
Just to put a number on it for reference, I maxed out on FICA for most of my employed earning years and from 1993 as an independcent contractor until I retired in 2010 I paid both employee and employer amounts.
In 2024 I got $36,836 and my wife hitchiked on mine because as a teacher in three states she didnāt have enough FICA earning quarters to qualify on her own. So together we got $55,250 in 2024, $56,600 this year and will get $58,216 in 2026, (gross amounts before Medicare Part B deductions.)
Iām getting my check every month!
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Lol on the brink, buddy.
Ten years from now, if serious reforms are not made, those checks will either be smaller or will stop keeping up with inflation.