Andrew Olmsted dot com: There Is Just One More Thing...: "Over at the Angry Bear you can see a graph displaying the projected surpluses and deficits in Social Security and the General Fund (i.e., the rest of the federal budget) through 2012. The Bear's point is well taken: for the next fifteen years, at least, the bigger problem we're facing is the fact our government is spending a lot more every year than it takes in in taxes, a spending plan that seems a bit more urgent to address.
On the one hand, this can be construed as another example of the you're f'd up syndrome I discussed the other day. The fact that we've got a serious problem living within our means doesn't mean we can't also address the question of how to deal with Social Security's problems.
On the other hand, if we don't get federal spending under control, we're probably going to run off the rails well before 2017. In this instance, I think the Bear wins on points. I'd prefer to fix both problems, but we don't live in a perfect world, and the budget problem is more significant than the Social Security problem.
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