[VemyhemiHef]

The simple fact is, that even without any Democrats involved, the GOP wouldn't cut enough to balance the budget.
And if they actually did, after the next election cycle, the congress would be almost exclusively Democrats.
Despite the rhetoric, these characters still want people to vote for them in 2012, which is why they only try to "cut" Medicare and Social Security for people who are at least ten years away from seeing a dime from either program, because those people.

What's true about Social Security, Medicare and a Ponzi Scheme is that the people who get fucked are the last people in the system, the ones who pay, but never collect.
With a Ponzi scheme it's inevitable that those people will be aware of their losses within a relatively short time.
With Social Security and Medicare, unless the government is overthrown or falls to a foreign invader, the victims will be self selected, they have to vote to be the ones who will pay but never collect.
Because if you want the over 65 crowd to give the Democratic Party the kind of numbers Obama gets from the black community, cut Medicare and Social Security.

Well--how do you cut 1.7 TRILLION in one single year--(which is this years deficit) It's a great thought--but it couldn't possibly happen.

As far as social security you're right it is a bigger ponzi scheme than Bernie Madoff ever thought of. They take 12.4% (employee/employer contribution) for all of your working years--and if you're lucky enough to live that long--they give you back diddly sqwat in a monthly check. If you die and you're not married they just confiscate it.

But don't worry about your's---they'll just screw the generation behind you to fund your check.

Social Security and Medicare should have been privatized many years ago-- to where the Federal Government couldn't get their hands on it. They spend it on foreign aid--wars--and about anything and everything except what it was intended for--your old age.