The Saving Social
Security Poem
About social security
The choices seem quite clear,
Only two things now can save it
(Say the only sears you hear).
We must either cut the benefits
Or make new claimants wait
‘Til they’re older by a year or two
To pass its entrance gate.
Unless we take these vital steps
(Official sources say),
The system will go belly up,
There’ll be all hell to pay.
Of course, there is one other way
To keep this program solvent;
Another way, its fiscal angst,
Forever to resolve it.
Just make the biggest earners
Pay the same rate as the poor;
Folks making those big salaries
The system now don’t gore.
If we SSI’d all earners
But on payouts keep a cap,
We would not just solve a problem
We would close a fairness gap.
So why is a solution
That makes sense in limbo mired?
‘Cause the buzz is fixed in concrete
So fresh thinking ain’t required.
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