Reply #7: Exactly right, if they allowed Social Security to be privatized,

[Samantha]

granted some Dems will protect this, but can't you hear the Republicans thinking if that happens the United States Government could write off 2.6 Trillion Dollars that it would not have to repay participants. That would be one incentive for allowing their cash cow to be cut loose. I am not sure how much is in the Medicare Trust Fund.

Just think, if the U.S. Government just allowed the Bush* tax cuts to expire, it could recover almost 4 Trillion Dollars in lost revenue. Yet, I am sure the Republicans would trade off Social Security and Medicare if it meant saving those tax cuts. Hey, they are beyond shame.

Sam