Agnostic states: "In a very easy to read article even CNN states the imminent threat of SS bankruptcy. Try reading the article and maybe you can dispute the facts instead of saying I need to get mine right."

I read the opinion by Allan Sloan of Fortune, which appeared on CNN.  He voices his opinion as follows:

"Forget all the talk you'll hear about how Social Security is okay until 2040 or thereabouts. That is, as we'll soon see, utter nonsense."

Commentary from an opinionist is not fact, whether it appears on CNN or not.  I do see why you are confused, as commentary is so often taken as fact.

Also, you say, "Your last comment is opinion written as scare tactics." in reference to my stats on accidental and negligent deaths in hospitals.  You've again confused opinion and fact.  I'll try to get you the facts on the number of people killled by hospitals each year.  I know the subject well because I've seen the results first hand.

Your link on Medicare insolvency looks somewhat convincing, I'll have to look into it.  It's not my strongest subject and may have spoken too soon - not something I'm proud of.  But the fact that it may be near insolvency just means it's not funded properly.  Medicare is quite efficient and inexpensive compared to public plans.

BTW, you remember Gore being derided for saying he wanted to put Social Security funds in a "Lockbox", in order to prevent Congress from spending it on their favorite pork projects instead of what the money is intended for.  If there's a crisis in SS funding, that's a major reason.

Also, you say "If I recall correctly that $7 billion in funding for VA hospitals carried more baggage than American Airlines. I could be incorrect since it was a while back and my memory isn't what it once was."  Your opinion is that it had more baggage than American Airlines, but the fact remains that Republican Senators squashed the funding.  Could that funding have made the difference between quality care and negligent care for our Veterans?  At the time I didn't understand why they were opposed to it as they (and Dems) will typically throw money at anything associated with the military and it's pork. 

What Republicans proved in the previous 8 years of administering health care for our Veterans is not that the government can't provide quality healthcare for them, it's that a Republican government can't provide quality healthcare.   Can you imagine if the Dems were responsible for this travesty?

I guess you get the impression that I think Dems are so much better, not at all, it's just that the Republicans have recently ended a 14 year reign in control of Congress and eight year reign of the Presidency - they naturally should be held accountable at the moment.