I'm not even sure where to begin. First, I guess Santorum believes that children only exist to sustain the elderly? Second, I'm pretty sure his numbers are wrong, that sounds like a lot of abortions. And we all know that of all the services Planned Parenthood performs, 90% or so are abortions. I'm sorry, that was not intended to be a factual statement. The real number is 3%. Finally, Social Security isn't in "big trouble." It's fully funded through 2037. And if we really wanted to ensure its solvency beyond then, we could raise the arbitrary cap on a person's income that a person pays Social Security taxes on. It's currently $106,800. We should raise that number and exempt a portion of the first dollars you earn, similar to income tax. Furthermore, we shouldn't have passed a Social Security payroll tax holiday, which brought the rate from 6.2% to 4.2% for a year. I'm afraid we won't ever get that 2% back. Those are two measures that would ensure Social Security's solvency well past 2037.
Or I guess I could just let Jon Stewart do what he does best:
