Originally Posted by joshgirls

one thing about making serious entitlement reforms that would balance the budget...

nobody in any party wants to put a plan on paper that would make the entitlements run inside a balanced budget. The demographic numbers are ugly, & they will become obscene in 10 years when baby boomers really start sucking the life out of america.

the answer to the entitlement mess is going to be delayed & reduced benefits. Things like raising the age limit, lowering COLAs, raising the amount people have to cover for their medical care.

as soon as paul ryan put a plan out that ends the open ended nature of medicare spending, the repubs lost a special election in a safe repub district in NY.

So no party will put anything on paper that actually solves the problem. its political suicide.