On the recordFebruary 10, 2016
The real frustrating thing about it, Mr. Schweikert, is that the demographic group that you would hope would be engaged in this topic isn't. When you go home and you and I and Mr. Perry talk to our folks back home, who is most interested in Social Security? The folks who are already at or near retirement. You have got another graph, by the way, that shows who really should be interested in this because you have got the first year outgoing exceeds income, including interest. On another graph, you show when the trust fund goes to zero for Social Security. The last time I had the CBO run the numbers, it was roughly 2032. In fact, it was July of 2032. Why do I remember this? It is the month that I turn 65 years old. It should be our generation. It should be the people in their thirties, forties, and fifties who are demanding that we make this a topic of conversation, and they don't. They are not demanding it right now in the Presidential election. They are not demanding it in their congressional elections. They are more concerned about other things that I get the importance, as Mr. Perry does, of national defense and immigration. I get all that.
