On Oct 29, 2:31*pm, "Bob Weinberger" wrote:

Well I agree, The inflow needs to be increased, rebalanced well before
2038. And, the current surpluses do need to be credited to the fund.
That will help a little. Or. . . benefits need to be cut to the
sustainable 73% at the current tax rate.

However I do know several friends (my circle of friends is
economically "diverse") who depend on small SS checks now, and from
what I can see in the 2 cohorts behind us, lots of these folks will
need SS also. Frankly the 401k thing has been a disaster for Joe 6Pac
if the studies are correct. I think one major place where money could
be found is in the drug bit (Part C ?), and some form of single payer
reform in medical coverage. The administration of medical insurance is
very flabby now. Ive done some systems and operations improvement work
over the years and it drives me nuts when i go to the hospital and
observe some of the backward way they do things. A lot of it comes
down to management I think..

If I can get a couple of things done here Im going to head over the
mountains to Dayton tomorrow. Finally. I put a camper on the place
and the pigs should be gone. Its early but I want to get things in
shape for later in the year. Any action on the DJ yet? I am bound and
determined to catch steelhead this year, or at least before I start to
drool. %+))

Dave

Dave