there will likely be more seniors and more democrats ten years from now.

not that kicking the can down the road is always a great idea, but in this case we might get a better deal later.

The total attack on SS is because it's about to start contributing A LOT to the budget. As long as they could take the surpluses and spend them things were great. Now that reality has set in and SS will become outlays they want to end it. And doing so would be the greatest THEFT from the American people in history.

There's too much money at stake for them to not take it.

and that somewhere is higher taxes. The less Social Security has to pay out the less
trust fund securities have to be redeemed and the less revenue the government has to
raise.

surely this jerk jests....The COLA increase this year will be 1.7% for 2013. They changed the formula years ago which is why food and fuel are not included. Funny how they think seniors neither eat nor drive.

our Baby Boomer bulge in the retirement population?

expected it to be temporary. What they absolutely didn't expect is that corporate America would go on a mission to bankrupt the middle class by keeping wages stagnant for 30 years. The SS Trust Fund would be spitting $10. gold pieces if wages had kept up with productivity.