Malcolm Nance on NPR: Unless americans stop being lazy, US will experience a

[Dave says]

17. The frogs won't jump until ...

… until the fascist (aka Republicans) decimate social security and Medicare.

This seems inexplicable to many forgetting that the $3 trillion in the social security trust fund - wholly invested in special Treasury bills paying 2% interest - was just peachy keen with our oligarchs. It was a big piggy bank for them in that it was that much less in taxes that they could potentially be asked to pay. Now that boomers are retiring, cash flow reverses and the risk of higher taxes on them grows. So, naturally, “we” can’t afford social security and cut, cut, cut!!

As for Medicare, we’re just not allowed to have nice things.

Unfortunately frogs will be stuck in the pot once the powers that be put the lid on it.