John Kasich to seniors who want to keep their Social Security: “get over it”

[NCjack]

86. I don't have numbers. Yes, all (including senior citizens) will pay taxes

for college education of others. All will pay taxes for special needs (including senior citizens). Not sure how you and I got into a discussion of who is appropriate for college. My feeling is that tradecraft should provide a comfortable standard of living. Trade schools should be available for those who can't afford them. And my experience is that as a scientist, my cousins who are in the trades over their lives matched my lifetime earnings. Plus, they had a lot of time for family, fishing, vacations that I didn't have because of extra work and continuing education requirements. Europe appears to me puts people on a track between academics and tradecraft too quickly, especially because learning appears to accelerate and peak in the early 20s for most. They lose some smart, driven people who matured too late. And, they lost some on the academic track who were put on it too quickly. If I had been born in Europe, I would have been shunted to a tradecraft and disappointed my whole life for missing a career in science -- which I am deeply grateful to the State of Texas for providing a high school system that gave my an extra year to show my stuff and the University of Texas for an almost free education. Almost free because I was able to work as a laborer during the summer to pay most of my way. If my parents and uncles had not provided gifts, it would have taken 20% longer to get through debt free. In Texas, the Republicans have increased costs such that my path would not work today. The bigger picture: It's not what most of us want to hear. So, here is the sleeping time bomb. USA needs a population policy that is in sync with sustainable resources. We are currently overpopulated. Tax policy is not going to save us.