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It's a commonly held belief in the US that anyone proposing to reduce benefits or increase retirement ages in the Social Security program is political suicide.
by vondur 4y ago
It's a commonly held belief in the US that anyone proposing to reduce benefits or increase retirement ages in the Social Security program is political suicide.
- mistrial9 4y agoperhaps evidence of past election results reinforce this
- treeman79 4y agoThey started taxing social security as a way to reduce it without seeming like they were.
- Gunax 4y agoSocial security is going to run out of money soon. It's tragic that we cannot seem to agree that it needs to be fixed, nevermind how to fix it. I'm not trying to start a flamewar. But this seems like a flaw in democracy. Why aren't we angry and upset? Why is the public so passive? I like democracy, but maybe I have failed to understand that it is just a projection of regular human flaws. As individuals, we are poor at planning long term. Maybe that applies to groups also.