That's the problem though... rational economists are speaking, but the voices of those who are clamoring to make money over this whole thing are drowning them out h:

That's not to say I don't think things should be tweaked and fixed (Namely, return it to being entirely a social fund, and not another coffer for the gov't). In fact, every social program we have can use some work. I just happen to think that Privatization is the wrong course because it doesn't actually solve any problems for people who are making under 60K per year, and those are the people who need it most.

And yes, I'm a 22 year old, so it will be quite a while before I need to collect on any social security... and if all goes well by the time I'm elegable, I could turn all that SS money around and put it into charities. But currently I happily pay into it because I believe in supporting people who have worked their whole lives... It's the least we could do for those people...






And the funny thing is, if we repealed Bush's tax cuts, we wouldn't have this problem.... it's a self-made crisis....