Since the inception of Social Security, there has been an unspoken rule in politics: When campaigning for national office or running for re-election, a candidate could never pledge to touch, cut spending for, dismantle, or otherwise look crossways at Social Security unless it was to raise the payouts to its recipients. Social Security has always been referred to as the "third rail" in politics. You simply never touch it.It would now appear that the US is riddled with a plethora of untouchable third rails and holy grails. Social Security no longer resides as the lone example of third rail politics. The recent extension of unemployment benefits by Congress is a perfect example of how the entitlement mentality will no longer afford any consideration for cuts to programs that the left would deem to be "rights" given to the beneficiaries by their warm-hearted leaders. It would be a safe assumption to believe that these unemployment benefits will be extended again...(Read Full Post)