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Originally Posted by B767drvr

Since I'm not supposed to direct my comments toward other users, Sunny, I'll preface that my remarks are directed at no one in particular.

Through my keen powers of observation, I've noticed that PUBLIC unions give an awful lot of money to certain candidates that believe in confiscating and redistributing tax dollars. It's a very "cute" cycle where PUBLIC unions donate to sympathetic candidates, said candidates are elected, and then… wait for it… oh my gosh, they feel an "obligation" to "repay" their donors in the form of ever increasing benefit and pensions for public service employees.

On a national level, "we" borrow 42 cents of every dollar spent. Does ANYONE really believe the laws of economics can be ignored indefinitely?

Guess what? Social Security and Medicare are next. They are bankrupting the country. The can can only be kicked down the road so far. Plan for it is the best advice. It WILL have to be tackled one day. Perhaps most of the current villagers will have passed before then, good for them, but their kids, grandkids, and great-grandkids will have to pay the tab. Sorry, but Santa Claus is not real.

My guess is the Fed will inflate it away; beware "approaching" seniors!

All good points but any candidate that suggests we address any of these issues will find himself unemployed. Americans agree you can raise taxes and cut benefits as long as they are not theirs.