Republican? Kicking the can down the road is not a Republican idea. Both republicans and democrats agree that the current system is not sustainable. I’d argue that republicans tend to exaggerate the problem. It’s a linear problem, not an exponential one.

If it isn’t fair to increase contributions without increasing benefits it is no more fair to decrease benefits without decreasing contributions. (Past and present).

Not if it was merely a tax in the first place. The regulations apply to current beneficiaries until Congress changes them. They don’t apply to you. Sure you paid income taxes last year. It doesn’t mean you’re entitled to social welfare programs in their 2014 form when you need them in 2017.

Two scenarios. Someone makes an upper middle class income and lives beyond their means. At 65 they’re basically disabled and penniless. Do they deserve a mansion? No. As a society do we literally let them starve to death?

Someone earns 10% less than median income and manages to save 5% of their gross income for 40…

Too bad. Kicking the can down the road is less fair.

No it isn’t.

Well you’ve got the savers credit, the earned income credit, the standard deduction, and the dependent care credit.

The real tax on poor is property tax and FICA. I don’t have an easy solution when the far right thinks the poor don’t pay their fair share and the far left want to raise FICA rates to cover social…

But then then internally motivated kid will grow up and live in an externally motivated world. Won’t that be confusing?

I’m a professional, by your definition, other than the amount of time I spend at work. I don’t get a mandated lunch break, true. You work longer days than I do. You also work longer days than most professionals according to the grid posted on gizmodo or lifehacker yesterday. I work between 30 and 60 hours a week, but…

It says cars don’t come in very many color options. At least cheap cars. Which shade of grey would you like?