The only weasel option I see in there is to either delay the changes until after he is president, or to reduce benefits for "people who don't rely on Social Security" and are "high-income beneficiaries" (i.e. the very wealthy).
Well, there's also the option of finding other funds in general revenue that can support SSI. After all, SSI has been funding the rest of the budget for decades; it's time for ag subsidies to multinational ag companies to give a bit back, maybe. Fiscal discipline is one of the ways Kerry suggests that SSI can be continued at more than the 73% that the system can afford to pay starting in 2042 when the crunch hits.
And I don't really see anything wrong with means-testing either SSI or Medicare. Those programs are there to make sure that the poorest in our society don't lack basic healthcare or other needs and can be independent in their old age. I really don't see why Donald Trump should be getting checks from the SSA when he retires if he's still got millions (or billions) in the bank.
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Date: 2004-09-08 05:25 pm (UTC)Well, there's also the option of finding other funds in general revenue that can support SSI. After all, SSI has been funding the rest of the budget for decades; it's time for ag subsidies to multinational ag companies to give a bit back, maybe. Fiscal discipline is one of the ways Kerry suggests that SSI can be continued at more than the 73% that the system can afford to pay starting in 2042 when the crunch hits.
And I don't really see anything wrong with means-testing either SSI or Medicare. Those programs are there to make sure that the poorest in our society don't lack basic healthcare or other needs and can be independent in their old age. I really don't see why Donald Trump should be getting checks from the SSA when he retires if he's still got millions (or billions) in the bank.