Would you be in favor of abolishing Social Security?

[Nym90]

No. If the time comes that there is not enough money left to pay full benefits, then fund it partially out of the income tax.

It's not at all about creating dependence on government. Democrats acknowledge that increasing poverty among the elderly isn't in our best interests, whether from a humanitarian standpoint or from a purely economic standpoint.

Now, if this can be done without government, great. Government is at best a necessary evil; a means to an end. There's nothing magical about it that makes it better than the private sector, but government can and should step in where market forces fail.

I guess I just don't understand why some people think that the Democrats deliberately want to screw over the country with every single one of their proposals. For what gain? I guess the answer would be for political power, but what good would this power even do, if the country was in a total shambles? It seems like circular logic to me. "Democrats want to destroy America in order to gain political power over America, so that they can rule over a bad country"?

I don't assume such nefarious intentions from most Republicans. A lot of Republican office holders are in the hip pocket of big business, and would sell their grandmother if it would help them make more money, and certainly the desire for money and power is what tends to put people into high positions within big business which is why I tend not to trust them, but the vast majority of Republicans are good, decent, people who genuinely care about others.