The question that should be asked of all deficit panel/commission/hawks is:

Do you advocate defaulting on the special Treasury bonds held by the Social Security Trust?

It dispenses with the smoke and mirrors of CPI angst, detaches Social Security from Medicare/Medicaid, and basically asks if people who paid into a retirement-insurance program should get their money back.


posted by Quiddity at 2/18/2010 01:55:00 PM