Quote:Yes especially at the federal level. Education and welfare can work as socialist programs but on smaller scales which is why it should be distributed and maintained at the state level. Medicare and social security should be abolished as they are not sustainable socialist programs at any level. What's the difference two programs (welfare and education) provide temporary assistance for a duration the other two (Medicare and social security) require more payers and less beneficiary's to support payments made for an unspecified duration.

I'm a fan of doing things at the State level, but just depends on what it is and the pro's and con's.


Social security could have worked. "The payroll tax hike of 1983 generated a total of $2.7 trillion in surplus Social Security revenue. This surplus revenue was supposed to be saved and invested in marketable U.S. Treasury bonds that would be held in the trust fund until the baby boomers began to retire in about 2010. But not one dime of that money went to Social Security." - See more at: <a class="bbc_url" href='http://www.fedsmith.com/2013/10/11/ronald-reagan-and-the-great-social-security-heist/#sthash.4bFnukgj.dpuf.'>http://www.fedsmith.com/2013/10/11/ronald-reagan-and-the-great-social-security-heist/#sthash.4bFnukgj.dpuf.</a>


Now I haven't researched enough to hear the counter argument to this article, but interest to get your thoughts on it.

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