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And FWIW IMO most people realize that when you go down the path of raising taxes to shore up a budget deficit that it's a slippery slope

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Keynes might disagree. Also, 'IMO' and 'most people realize' don't really make sense together. In your opinion most people realize something? Where does this opinion come from?

And I think the social security issue has been put to rest. I'll leave you with a quote, do with it what you will:

"The official story is that the Baby Boomers are going to impose a greater burden on the system because the number of working people relative to the elderly will decline, which is true.

But what happened to the Baby Boomers when they were zero to 20? Weren’t working people taking care of them? And it was a much poorer society then."

Sounds like a good point to me.