re: #405 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

That’s the sort of thing I’m gettin’ at. There are ways of making social programs funding stretch, of making every dollar matter, that could allow us to reduce spending while maintaining the same level of service. Of course, that doesn’t look good on as a campaign slogan (“Getting the most bang while cutting spending”), so I’m not gettin’ my hopes up.

No. And actually, the Dems in office are fairly resistant to means testing ideas because they fear social security will then be viewed as a welfare program—and it is—rather than a retirement program.