Friday, November 01, 2013

Kiss Your Pension Goodbye!


Former US Comptroller General David Walker appeared on 60 Minutes back in July 2007. His message? Our country is suffering from a fiscal cancer far more dangerous than any external threat. The federal government is broke. It has promised entitlement benefits—health care in particular—that it cannot afford. 

While few economists disagreed with Walker’s projections, politicians were unwilling to actually address the problem. From their standpoint, it’s always better to push the problem off to a later date in the vain hope (or delusion) that it will simply disappear .... http://www.activistpost.com