Why do Obama keep blaming the national debt on medicare and social security?

If the social security and medicare money went into any decent pension plan, considering compound interest, the average retiree would be a millionaire, and the economy would have a lot more investment in productive business, than political pork. With the employers contribution, the total is 15.2% of your gross wages. I used to do payroll.

Do the math, add up 15% of all you've ever earned. 7% is a conservative estimate of investiment earnings - pensions are heavy on safe stuff. Compound the interest for each year, you'd likely already have 100,000$ saved, and your best earning years ahead, and that first 100k doubling about every ten years.

I assure you, you are going to pay dearly all your life for the stupidity and selfishness of the progressive/socialist/fascist century. (FDR -> Obama). When the government falls apart try not to allow the new politicians to buy votes with government any more.

Social Security and Medicare only benefit older Americans, so cutting benefits to young people wouldn't do anything to affect the current national debt or deficits.

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