It has been acknowledged for the past forty years that Social Security was on a path to inevitable bankruptcy and was in essence unsustainable.  The Republicans in particular have tried to warn the American people, the most recent being President Bush in 2005, wherein he did offer some viable alternatives which became victim to Democratic demagoguery.  Some within his own party backed away fearful of the reaction from the senior citizen voting bloc.  Over the years it became a political truism that Social Security was the third rail of American politics and the Republicans were always accused of stepping on it.  Well it now appears after two fateful attempts (1994 and the present), that the Democrats endeavor to nationalize health care has become the new "third rail".   Ironically in part for the same reason Social Security was:  the senior citizen voting bloc.   No group will be more affected by health care reform.The question...(Read Full Post)