[cmccuist]

Tech, I'm wondering how you feel about privatizing a portion of SS (You've probably addressed this before, but I may have missed it). Can't we all agree that something has to be done since there are fewer workers per SS recipient.

There are two problems with the current system. 1) Congress uses some of the funds for expenditures other than SS. 2) Seniors vote there wrinkly asses off! it's not called the third rail for nothing.

I think there should be some means testing, some privatizationing (good W word) and some opting out altogether (teachers and rail workers have this option).

Take care of the people who are already locked in, and offer some other choices to younger workers who have time to plan for their old age.

BTW, I'm pretty pissed off about the nasty deficit, but there was a terrorist attack the economy was tanking in the last few months of Clinton. Having said that, W was spending like my wife with a new charge card!