Don Firth -

...from your link to your heroine Molly Ivins...

"Social Security is not a problem. We are, however, about to be swamped by an election-style campaign to convince us it is."

Bunk. When Social Security was first enacted, over 40 people paid in for each person who received benefits. That is how FDR sold the program.

Soon, we will have only 3 people paying in for each recipient. Not just a problem, a big problem.