there isn't a legislator who will tell you that there is not fraud, waste and abuse in ss, medicare and almost any other govt entitlement program...yet, they cannot tell you what the fed govt is doing to eliminate same other than to say, 'we're working on it.'

the fraud is already there and hardly enough is being done to go after the perpetrators! where is the voter outrage over that? i keep asking my congressman about what he is doing and he only gets red in the face and stammers! many of his constituents are senior citizens, his town meetings for them always offer coffee, cookies, donuts, and/or boiled hot dogs depending on the time of day he schedules. i have seen in person that they do not want anything 'looked into' for fear that one of their doctors might be doing something wrong and they would lose that doctor's care if found out...so no one in that age group cares. and from observation, not too many people younger than 55 attend the town meetings because they are usually working when the mtgs are held - or the seniors fill the place early to get to the free cookies, donuts or hotdogs!...so there is no outrage from them. i am the lone outraged voice at those mtgs!