We all know: Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid did not create the 2008 Global Economic Meldown. Rather, war profiteering, greedy bankers & Corporate Thugs who gambled Taxpayer money on Wall Street Speculation did.
First & foremost keep one very important thing in mind -
Social Security does not contribute one red cent to the Deficit or Debt - not one red cent. In fact, Social Security is very robust and has a $2.6 Trillion Dollar Surplus. And that's after W borrowed Trillions from Social Security Fund to give the false illusion and hide the fact that Tax Cuts LOWERS Govt Revenue (see Teabaggie/GOP want us to falsely think Tax Cuts creates Revenue - what a crock of shit)
The Gang of Six to ..... "rescue" or "wreck" :
Remember when the "Gang of Six" screwed up Health Care Reform and tossed out Single Payer system for the 1993 Republican ideology of "Individual Mandate" - just so that 'some' (none) Congressional Republicans would vote "yea."
Well now the Gang of Six want to dismantle Social Security for the same reason -- get at least one GD Republican to vote "yea" - what a crock of shit.
The Gang of Six sent member Sen Mark Warner out on Sunday to do their Propaganda Recitation"
"You know, part of this is just math -- 16 workers for every one retiree 50 years ago, three workers for every retiree now," Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), a fake Democrat member of the group, told CBS "Face the Nation" host Bob Schieffer on Sunday.
Think about the Gang of Six "solution" by their Warped Reasoning: