CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 27, 2023
THE CLICHÉ IS THAT TRYING TO REFORM SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE TO PROTECT FUTURE GENERATIONS IS A THIRD RAIL AND ANYONE WHO TOUCHES IT IS DOOMED POLITICALLY.
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE AND SPEAKER KEVIN MCCARTHY ARE TOUCHING THAT RAIL. EVERYONE KNOWS THESE PROGRAMS MUST BE FIXED, BUT DEMOCRATS HAVE DEMAGOGUED ABOUT IT FOR YEARS AND REPUBLICANS HAVE COWERED IN FEAR.
MANY OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE EXCELLENT RETIREMENT AND PENSION PROGRAMS, INCLUDING CHILE, AUSTRALIA, SWITZERLAND, NETHERLANDS, DENMARK AND ISRAEL, AMONG OTHERS. OURS IS A MULTI-TRILLION DOLLAR UNFUNDED MANDATE.
THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL PROPOSALS FOR FIXING OUR SYSTEM IN WAYS THAT WILL NOT ONLY SAVE IT, BUT INCREASE BENEFITS FOR THE RETIRED. IT IS LONG PAST TIME TO CONSIDER THOSE CHANGES.
HOW ABOUT NAMING AN OUTSIDE GROUP MADE UP OF RETIRED POLITICIANS, PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES WHO HAVE HAD SUCCESS WITH THEIR RETIREMENT PROGRAMS AND SLOWLY EDUCATING AMERICANS – BYPASSING THE RHETORIC – ON HOW WE CAN DO THE SAME? IT’S A SIMPLE SOLUTION, BUT ARE THERE ENOUGH SERVING POLITICIANS WHO WILL GO THAT ROUTE? OR DO THEY PREFER THE ISSUE, RATHER THAN A SOLUTION? I’M CAL THOMAS.
