Right on schedule....time to scare the old folks

Presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama (sorry Hillary, it's over) has gone to the playbook, and has started with the oft-told tale that the evil Republicans are going to take away Social Security. I am so tired of this gambit by the Left in this country. No serious candidate for President is ever going to be in favor of scrapping Social Security. Actually, it would be refreshing for a candidate for political office to give us an honest assessment of what is happening with Social Security, and actually tell people that it's a pyramid scheme that is going to go bankrupt because there aren't going to be enough people to pay into it. Then, someone needs to tell people that we need to raise the retirement age. We need to limit increases. We need to let people have their own private accounts. The only other solutions are either to means-test it (which will never happen), or we need to start procreating again in higher numbers, because 2.1 births per woman ain't gonna cut it. Of course, we could raise the contribution and make the evil rich pay more, like Obama wants to do. Unfortunately, the GOP likes to pussy-foot around the issue because if they don't, people like Barack Obama will do what he did out in Oregon. Of course, he did it anyway. This dynamic will mean we will not get a reasonable solution to the Social Security problem. What does that mean?

What it means is that anyone under the age of 40 (I originally said 45, 40=on second thought) shouldn't ever expect to receive a dime of Social Security money. I expect sniveling Baby Boomers to get theirs, then anyone younger than that can pound sand. This is because no one has the cojones to propose any bold solutions because they are scared that senior citizens will not vote for them.

For the record, I know scare tactics aren't the sole possession of the left. I will probably address that later. Here's a hint: California