Reply #84: And one more thing. Pple like Simpson and Bowles are ideologically opposed to the idea

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of Social Security. They don't really care that it lifts millions of Americans out of poverty or provides seniors with some economic comfort and a sense of dignity. They think that people should invest in the stock market or save on their own for retirement. They think Social Security is for baby milk cows trying to suck the guvmint "teat." They really can't be reasoned with on the subject.