It's really going to upset the GOP when SocSec is set back to age 50.

[CK_John]

That's why they are trying to get rid of it now, because they know the only solution to jobs for the next 15/20 yrs is accept the fact that after age 42 corporate will use any excuse to throw your butt to the wind.

The corporate world will be pushing the early retirement age, just to keep society civil and the sooner the GOP gets with the program the better off we will be.

As Saint Ronnie said the debt is just a talking point or it just does matter. or something.

[MadHound]

1. Not going to happen,

The corporate world owns the levers of governmental power, and they want to cut away at SS as much as possible.

[CK_John]

2. The corporate world can be very adaptive when it is in their interest.

[MadHound]

4. Yes, they can, and it is in their interest to trim SS as much as possible.

Desperate people over the age of forty looking for any kind of work at any wage means cheaper labor costs for them.

[Loudly]

3. They will howl and point to Greece.

Lowering Medicare to age 50 (or at least offering cheap catastrophic coverage) is an easier progressive-style change to advocate.

Especially with Affordable Care and Patient Protection leading the way.